ELETROBRAS AND THE EQUIPMENT SUPPLIERS FOR THE BRAZILIAN ELECTRICITY SECTOR (1960 TO 1980)

Abstract

The article evaluates the formation of the custom capital goods for the electricity sector as part of a new investment cycle encouraged by the Brazilian state between 1960 and 1970. To this end we make use of the data of the largest consumer of electrical equipment at that time, the company Eletrobras. The article analyzes the profile of the most expensive electrical equipment used by Eletrobras in its hydroelectric projects, confirmating the idea that the economic policy of governments in that period was decisive for the definition of suppliers and therefore to create the national industry development possibilities.

Keywords:
Electric power; capital goods; Eletrobras