La electrificación del Sur de Santa Catarína: de las primeras iniciativas para la interconexión de los sistemas eléctricos

Abstract

The content of this article brings a survey of private initiatives in the electricity sector in the southern region of Santa Catarina, since the first decades of the 20th century. It is about the formation of the first networks with a local reach, passing the regional interconnection, led by state investments, to the interconnection to larger systems, with coverage in the south of Brazil. Initially, some of the main isolated systems are listed, which, spread over the southern territory of Santa Catarina, served the various locations. Then, the unifying element of a regional system, the Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional's Thermoelectric Power Plant takes up some space in our explanation. Another state investment, of great relevance for the electrification of the south of the state, the Jorge Lacerda Thermoelectric Complex, has a central role to follow. Finally, with some panoramic considerations about the outcome of electrification in the region, this article ends.