Characterizing the evolution of the brazilian rural electrification

Abstract

Troughout century XX public and private programs of rural electrification. These Programs had extended the access in the provision of the service, but did not attend the families residing in the rural districts and interested in the supply. This article recover the legislation for the brazilian rural electrification, highlights the institutional confusion caused by the different implemented programs simulaneously, Identifies the purchase of the infrastructure for provision of the service as an economic barriers for social stratum of the rural population access the supply. The programs PROLUZ (I and II), Luz da Terra and Luz no Campo had been selected, as references for rural electrification low-cost and for the provision of the service to interested families. The article advances to the universalization of access and use of electricity and the Programa Luz Para Todos. The procedure for the development of the article were bibliographic research, the use of legislation, and are presented elements of the potential and limits of experiences with rural electrification. The main results show that: The purchase of infrastructure for rural electrification excludes families interested in this service; the political support determines the access to electric energy for the rural districts; the universalization and PLPT have developed learning from previous rural electrification programs; the new rural dynamics promoted by access to electricity require analysis and prospective studies.