Matriz elétrica do Brasil e Ceará: aspectos históricos e regulatórios

Abstract

From the point of view of the modern economy, the energy sector is essential. The expansion of production infrastructure demands large investments. Based on the best international experience, the government strategically participates in the planning of energy activities, which are largely implemented by the private firms. The proposed research problem is to observe the organization of the electricity sector and associate institutionality with productivity gains with a view to sustainability. The methodology used was bibliographic and documental research, in articles in the energy area, as well as technical studies from other areas besides economics, in view of the transdisciplinary nature of the subject addressed. The result found was that the electricity matrix of Brazil and Ceará, previously a highly integrated state monopoly regulated by a rate of return, with the reforms of the 90's became a outsourced regulated monopoly with high participation of private firms regulated by a price cap. The national electricity matrix based on hydroelectricity (65.4), and the matrix of the state of Ceará based on thermo-wind power (99%) with a large potential frontier for renewable energies, mainly solar and wind energy.