NEOENERGIA S.A.

Public Company

CNPJ/MF 01.083.200/0001-18

NOTICE TO THE MARKET

Neoenergia S.A. ("Neoenergia"), publicly-held company registered in the CNPJ No. 01.083.200/0001-18, pursuant to the provisions of Law No. 6,404/76, of December 15th, 1976, as amended, and CVM Instruction No. 358/02, hereby informs its shareholders and the market in general that:

On March 30th, 2021, the Companhia de Eletricidade do Estado da Bahia ("Coelba") signed a financing agreement with the Multilateral Agency Japan International Cooperation Agency ("JICA") and MUFG BANK, LTD ("MUFG"). The operation amounts approximately USD 150 million, 2/3 from JICA, with a 10-year term, and 1/3 from MUFG maturing in 5 years, both with a grace period of up to 2 years.

The agreement aims at financing Coelba's capex in 2021 and 2022 focused on the distribution network expansion and maintenance projects and it is JICA's first financing for infrastructure investments in the Brazilian electricity sector. The operation reinforces Neoenergia's strategy of diversifying funding sources, attesting, once again, its wide access to resources at a competitive cost and term.

Rio de Janeiro, March 31th, 2021.

Leonardo Pimenta Gadelha

Chief Financial Officer and IR

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