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ACCESSION NUMBER:		0001292814-24-002459
CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE:	6-K/A
PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT:		3
CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT:	20240630
FILED AS OF DATE:		20240618
DATE AS OF CHANGE:		20240618

FILER:

	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			BRAZILIAN ELECTRIC POWER CO
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001439124
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		ORGANIZATION NAME:           	01 Energy & Transportation
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000
		STATE OF INCORPORATION:			D5
		FISCAL YEAR END:			1231

	FILING VALUES:
		FORM TYPE:		6-K/A
		SEC ACT:		1934 Act
		SEC FILE NUMBER:	001-34129
		FILM NUMBER:		241052910

	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		RUA DA QUITANDA, 196, 24TH FLOOR
		STREET 2:		CENTRO
		CITY:			RIO DE JANEIRO
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			20091-005
		BUSINESS PHONE:		55 21 2514 5891

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		RUA DA QUITANDA, 196, 24TH FLOOR
		STREET 2:		CENTRO
		CITY:			RIO DE JANEIRO
		STATE:			D5
		ZIP:			20091-005
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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Washington, D.C. 20549</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Report of Foreign Private Issuer<BR>
Pursuant to Rule 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Securities Exchange Act of 1934</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>For the month of June, 2024</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Commission File Number 1-34129</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>CENTRAIS EL&Eacute;TRICAS BRASILEIRAS S.A.
- ELETROBR&Aacute;S</B></P>

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charter)</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 18pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>BRAZILIAN ELECTRIC POWER COMPANY</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Rua da Quitanda, 196 &ndash; 24th floor,<BR>
Centro, CEP 20091-005,<BR>
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil</B></P>

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files or will file annual reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.&nbsp;</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-align: center">Form 20-F ___X___ Form 40-F _______</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-align: center">Indicate by check mark whether the registrant
by furnishing the information contained in this Form is also thereby furnishing the information to the Commission pursuant to Rule
12g3-2(b) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0pt 0 12pt; text-align: center">Yes _______ No___X____</P>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt/107% Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.2pt 11.85pt 0 9.55pt; text-align: justify"><B>Announcement of Transaction
with Related Party</B></P>

<P STYLE="font: 10pt/107% Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 9.2pt 11.85pt 0 9.55pt; text-align: justify">Rio de Janeiro, June 17,
2024, Centrais El&eacute;tricas Brasileiras S/A &ndash; Eletrobras informs the following transaction with a related party transaction:</P>

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    <TD STYLE="width: 40%; border: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Related Party Names</FONT></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Company: Centrais El&eacute;tricas Brasileiras S/A
    - Eletrobras;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Related Party<B>: </B>Chapada do Piau&iacute; I Holding
    S/A Specific Purpose Company.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
  <TR STYLE="vertical-align: top">
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Issuer Relationships</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt; text-align: justify"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Eletrobras is a shareholder in SPE Chapada do Piau&iacute; I, holding a relevant stake in its capital stock (49%).</FONT></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Date of the transaction</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Contractual instrument signed on 06/07/2024.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: red">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Object of the Agreement</FONT></TD>
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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Issuance of a bank guarantee by a market financial
    institution (BTG Pactual Bank) as a guarantee to be provided in favor of the creditors of the debt contracts of SPE Chapada do Piau&iacute;
    I, in accordance with an obligation previously established within the scope of such agreements.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Eletrobras will provide a corporate counter-guarantee
    (personal guarantee) to the guarantor in the amount equivalent to its shareholding interest in SPE Chapada do Piau&iacute; I, guaranteeing
    the SPE's obligations in the event of default, enabling the issuance of the bank guarantee.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: red">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; padding-top: 3pt; padding-right: 7.1pt; padding-bottom: 3pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Main Terms and Conditions</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The corporate counter-guarantee to be provided by
    Eletrobras is equivalent to the amount of the bank guarantee corresponding to the Company's 49% shareholding interest in SPE Chapada do
    Piau&iacute; I, thus comprising a total of approximately R$ 63 million, in accordance with the contract concluded.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The contractual instrument and the respective personal
    guarantee provided will last for 24 (twenty-four) months.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">It is observed that, due to the characteristic of
    the</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">transaction portrayed (provision of personal guarantee),</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">there is no direct financial flow to be established
    between</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">the SPE described in this press release.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Furthermore, only in the event of contractual default
    by the</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">aforementioned SPE, Eletrobras, as counter-guarantor
    of</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">part of its obligations, may be called upon to honor
    such</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">obligations vis-&agrave;-vis the Guarantor.</P></TD></TR>
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    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; border-left: Black 1pt solid; font: 11pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; padding-top: 1pt; padding-right: 7.1pt; padding-bottom: 1pt"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">Detailed reasons why the Company's Management considers that the transaction has commutative conditions or provides for adequate compensatory payment.</FONT></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The conditions of the proposed bank guarantee were
    defined based on parameters and quotations usually practiced by the market.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">In addition, the provision of the counter-guarantee
    by the shareholders (including Eletrobras) allows the issuance of a bank guarantee, contributing to the maintenance of the performance
    with the contractual condition of the SPE vis-&agrave;-</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">vis its creditors.</P></TD></TR>

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    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 1pt 7.1pt 1pt 0">Eventual participation of the counterparty, its partners
    or administrators in the decision process</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 1pt 7.1pt 1pt 0">of the issuer's subsidiary regarding</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 1pt 7.1pt 1pt 0">the transaction or the negotiation of</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 1pt 7.1pt 1pt 0">the transaction as representatives of</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 1pt 7.1pt 1pt 0">the Company, describing these</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 1pt 7.1pt 1pt 0">interests.</P></TD>
    <TD STYLE="border-right: Black 1pt solid; width: 60%; border-bottom: Black 1pt solid; padding-right: 5.4pt; padding-left: 5.4pt">
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">The request for the provision of a counter-guarantee
    by Eletrobras comes from the financial institution selected by SPE Chapada do Piau&iacute; to structure the operation to obtain the bank
    guarantee.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">&nbsp;</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">Eletrobras' decision to effectively provide the guarantee,</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify">was approved by the Eletrobras Governance Bodies,
    and therefore does not have the participation of the SPE.</P>
    <P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: justify; color: red">&nbsp;</P></TD></TR>
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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center">Eduardo Haiama</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 10pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>Vice President of Finance and Investor Relations</B></P>

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<P STYLE="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font: 5pt Calibri, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; letter-spacing: normal; word-spacing: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 0px">This
document may contain estimates and projections that are not statements of fact that have occurred in the past, but reflect the beliefs
and expectations of our management and may constitute estimates and projections about future events within the meaning of Section 27A
of the&nbsp;<I>Securities Act</I>&nbsp;of 1933, as amended, and Section 21E of the&nbsp;<I>Securities and Exchange Act</I>&nbsp;of 1934,
as amended. The words "believes", "may", "may", "estimates", "continues", "anticipates", "intends", "expects" and the like are intended
to identify estimates that necessarily involve risks and uncertainties, whether known or not. Known risks and uncertainties include, but
are not limited to: general economic, regulatory, political and commercial conditions in Brazil and abroad, variations in interest rates,
inflation and the value of the Brazilian Real, changes in volumes and patterns of consumer use of electricity, competitive conditions,
our level of indebtedness, the possibility of receiving payments related to our receivables, changes in rainfall and water levels in the
reservoirs used to operate our hydroelectric plants, our financing and capital investment plans, existing and future government regulations,
and other risks described in our annual report and other documents filed with the SEC. Estimates and projections speak only as of the
date on which they were expressed and we undertake no obligation to update any such estimates or projections due to the occurrence of
new information or upcoming events. The future results of the Companies' operations and initiatives may differ from current expectations
and the investor should not rely solely on the information contained herein. This material contains calculations that may not reflect
accurate results due to rounding performed.</P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>SIGNATURE</B></P>

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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0 0 13.5pt; text-indent: 24.5pt">Pursuant to the requirements of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto
duly authorized.</P>

<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-indent: 24.5pt">Date: June 18, 2024</P>

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        <P STYLE="font: 11pt Verdana, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">/</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 7.5pt">S</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; font-size: 10pt">/&nbsp;</FONT><FONT STYLE="font-family: Times New Roman, Times, Serif; font-size: 12pt">Eduardo Haiama</FONT></P>
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        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>Eduardo Haiama</B></P>
        <P STYLE="font: 10pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0"><B>Vice-President of Finance and Investor Relations</B></P></TD>
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<P STYLE="font: 12pt Arial, Helvetica, Sans-Serif; margin: 0; text-align: center"><B>FORWARD-LOOKING STATEMENTS</B></P>

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economic circumstances, industry conditions, company performance and financial results. The words &quot;anticipates&quot;, &quot;believes&quot;,
&quot;estimates&quot;, &quot;expects&quot;, &quot;plans&quot; and similar expressions, as they relate to the company, are intended
to identify forward-looking statements. Statements regarding the declaration or payment of dividends, the implementation of principal
operating and financing strategies and capital expenditure plans, the direction of future operations and the factors or trends
affecting financial condition, liquidity or results of operations are examples of forward-looking statements. Such statements reflect
the current views of management and are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties. There is no guarantee that the expected
events, trends or results will actually occur. The statements are based on many assumptions and factors, including general economic
and market conditions, industry conditions, and operating factors. Any changes in such assumptions or factors could cause actual
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