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	COMPANY DATA:	
		COMPANY CONFORMED NAME:			ENERGY CO OF MINAS GERAIS
		CENTRAL INDEX KEY:			0001157557
		STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION:	ELECTRIC SERVICES [4911]
		IRS NUMBER:				000000000

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	BUSINESS ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		AVENIDA BARBACENA 1200
		STREET 2:		30190 131 BELO HORIZONTE
		CITY:			MINAS GERAIS BRAZIL
		STATE:			D5
		BUSINESS PHONE:		2128395300

	MAIL ADDRESS:	
		STREET 1:		C/O SIDLEY AUSTIN BROWN & WOOD LLP
		STREET 2:		ONE WORLD TRADE CENTER
		CITY:			NEW YORK
		STATE:			NY
		ZIP:			10048-0557
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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">MILBANK,
TWEED, HADLEY &amp; McCLOY LLP</font></b></p>

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Manhattan Plaza</font></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">New York,
NY 10005-1413</font></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt 5.0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">December&nbsp;27, 2005</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Mr.&nbsp;George
F. Ohsiek,&nbsp;Jr.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Branch Chief</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Division of
Corporate Finance</font></p>

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Exchange Commission</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">450 Fifth
Street, N.W.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-autospace:none;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Washington, DC
20549</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Companhia Energ&#233;tica de Minas Gerais -
  CEMIG</font></b></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Form&nbsp;20-F for the Fiscal Year Ended
  December&nbsp;31, 2004</font></p>
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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">File No.&nbsp;1-15224</font></p>
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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Dear Mr.&nbsp;Ohsiek:</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">On behalf of
our client, Companhia Energ&#233;tica de Minas Gerais &#151; CEMIG (&#147;CEMIG&#148;), we submit this
response to the Staff&#146;s additional comments received in a telephone
conversation with Staff Accountant Sarah Goldberg on December&nbsp;15, 2005
(the &#147;Additional Comments&#148;).&#160; The
Additional Comments peratin to comment 7 in your letter dated September&nbsp;27,
2005 (the &#147;Original Comment Letter&#148;) regarding CEMIG&#146;s Form&nbsp;20-F for the
year ended December&nbsp;31, 2004 (the &#147;Form&nbsp;20-F&#148;).&#160; To assist in the Staff&#146;s review of the
responses, we precede each response with the text (in bold type) of the
Additional Comments.&#160; For your
convenience, we have also preceded the Additional Comments with the text of
comment 7 from the Original Comment Letter and CEMIG&#146;s response to that
comment.&#160; CEMIG believes that it has
replied to the Additional Comments in full.&#160;
As requested, this response letter is being filed on EDGAR as
correspondence and a copy is being faxed to your attention.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Capitalized terms used in
the responses set forth below and not otherwise defined herein have the
meanings set forth in the Form&nbsp;20-F.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Form&nbsp;20-F
for Fiscal Year Ended December&nbsp;31, 2004</font></u></b></p>

<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Comment 7 from the Staff&#146;s letter dated September&nbsp;27,
2005</font></i></b></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><u><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">Note 4.&#160;
Deferred Regulatory Assets, page&nbsp;F-17</font></u></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .5in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">7.</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>You
disclose that certain regulatory assets have been monetarily restated based on
SELIC.&#160; Please explain to us what you
mean by &#147;monetarily restated.&#148;&#160; We assume
that you mean that the assets in question are remeasured to reflect the impact
of inflation resulting in an increase in the asset balance during periods of
rising prices and a corresponding non-cash credit to the income statement.</b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">CEMIG&#146;s response on November&nbsp;21,
2005</font></i></b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">We have been advised
that SELIC is one of Brazil&#146;s benchmark interest rates. &#160;CEMIG&#146;s regulatory assets are restated in
value based on the SELIC rate. CEMIG confirms that the application of such
restatement results in an increase in the asset balance and a non-cash credit
to the income statement during periods of rising prices.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><b><i><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-style:italic;font-weight:bold;">Additional Comments from the
Staff on December&nbsp;15, 2005</font></i></b></p>

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<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(i)</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Is
the monetary restatement of certain regulatory assets based on the SELIC rate
mandated by a regulatory authority, or is approval for such restatement
otherwise sought from a regulatory authority?</b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CEMIG advises
the Staff that the monetary restatement of certain regulatory assets using the
SELIC rate is mandated by ANEEL (National Electric Energy Agency), the
Brazilian electric power regulatory authority, pursuant to ANEEL Resolution No.&nbsp;31,
dated January&nbsp;25, 2002.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(ii)</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Is
the amount of the monetary restatement recoverable from CEMIG&#146;s customers?</b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">The amount of
the monetary restatement is recoverable from CEMIG&#146;s customers pursuant to
ANEEL regulations.</font></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.5in;"><b><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;font-weight:bold;">(iii)</font></b><b><font size="1" style="font-size:3.0pt;font-weight:bold;">&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; </font>Is the
SELIC rate determined by a regulatory authority?&#160; If not, how is the appropriate SELIC rate
determined?</b></p>

<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt .75in;text-indent:-.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman">&nbsp;</font></p>

<p style="font-size:10.0pt;margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:.5in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">CEMIG advises
the Staff that the SELIC (Special System for Settlement and Custody) interest rate
is determined by the COPOM - Comit&#234; de Politica Monetaria (Monetary Policy
Committee), </font>the
primary monetary policymaking body of the Brazilian Central Bank (the &#147;BCB&#148;).&#160; We understand from CEMIG that the
SELIC interest rate is the COPOM&#146;s primary monetary policy instrument and is
calculated based on the average interest rate on overnight inter-bank loans
collateralized by government bonds that are registered with and traded on the SELIC
clearing house.&#160; We also understand from
CEMIG that the COPOM establishes a target for the SELIC interest rate and the
BCB&#146;s open market desk executes regular liquidity management</p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">operations in
the domestic money market with the goal of keeping the daily SELIC interest
rate at a targeted level.</font></p>

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<p align="center" style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-align:center;text-indent:0in;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">*&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; *&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160;&#160; *</font></p>

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<p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;text-indent:27.9pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Should you have any questions about the
responses in this letter, kindly contact the undersigned at (212) 530-5224 or
Steven Sandretto at (212) 530-5476.</font></p>

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  <p style="margin:0in 0in .0001pt;"><font size="2" face="Times New Roman" style="font-size:10.0pt;">Very truly
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