Exhibit 13.1

                CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO 18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ENACTED PURSUANT TO
               SECTION 906 OF THE U.S. SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002



         Espirito Santo Centrais Eletricas S.A. (the "Company") is filing with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, on the date hereof, its annual
report on Form 20-F for the fiscal year ended 2003 (the "Report").

         I, Antonio Eduardo da Silva Oliva, Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as enacted pursuant to
section 906 of the U.S. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that, to the best of my
knowledge:

1.              the Report fully complies with the requirements of section 13(a)
         or 15(d) of the U.S. Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

2.             the information contained in the Report fairly presents, in all
         material respects, the financial condition and results of operations of
         the Company.




/s/ Antonio Eduardo da Silva Oliva
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Antonio Eduardo da Silva Oliva
Chief Executive Officer
June 30, 2004



A signed original of this written statement required by Section 906 has been
provided to the Company and will be retained by the Company and furnished to the
Securities and Exchange Commission or its staff upon request.