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Power was restored after the stadium's managers paid the 1.3
million reais ($424,670) owed for the months of November,
December and January, the company added.
The stadium, which hosted the 2014 World Cup final and the
closing ceremonies of last year's Olympics and Paralympics, has
fallen into a state of disrepair as authorities battled over who
should run the ground.
The pitch, now worn and rutted, will need to be re-laid and
hundreds of seats that were ripped from the ground by vandals
must be replaced.
Light says it is still due 1.8 million reais from the Rio2016
organising committee, who managed the stadium during the Games.
Light said it "continues to negotiate with the Rio 2016
committee for the payment of electricity bills during the period
in which the stadium was used for the games".
Rio2016 officials have said they will pay up.
The stadium is one of the most famous in the world, where
all-time greats such as Zico, Garrincha and Romario scored many
of their greatest goals.
It hosted the final of the 2014 World Cup when Germany beat
Argentina and was also host to the final match of the 1950
tournament when Uruguay beat Brazil 2-1 to lift the trophy.
It has not held a game since Dec. 28 when Zico played his annual
charity match there.
Police said parts of the ground were looted in January with
thieves making off with televisions, copper wire and even a bust
of Mario Filho, the Rio journalist after whom the stadium was
named.
($1 = 3.0612 reais) (Reporting by Pedro Fonseca, writing by
Andrew Downie; Editing by Peter Rutherford; )
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