What will Brazil's power strategy be?

Our tradition in Brazil is focusing on the projected consumption growth which has been very modest. Typically 1,5 times de GDP growth. So if GDP grows 1% a year, power consumption grows 1,5%. 

But if the country is interested in achieving a better standard of living this rationale should be improved, considering higher GDP growth and the associated poower consumption growth.

It seems to me, however, that the ongoing system (which is so for centuries) doesn't care about the pooor people. So there is no drive to change. Most of our population of 200 million is poor. Our GDP per capta is about 1/3 to 1/4 of the developed nations....but who cares?

And now focusing on your question. The political reality tells that the projects that are defined depend primarily on the interestes of the "owners" of the Ministry of Mines and Energy and their friends. An emblematic example. There is this huge stated owned company (Eletrobras) that is supposed to be privatized "soon". Accordingly it is associated to future power projects involving several gas driven power plants where there is no supply in the Amazon area. So gas will have to be shipped using the rivers - it is way more expensive than going for hydro, wind and solar. But of course the local polititians have already "crafted" their solutions which will benefit their groups. It doensn't make any technical/financial sense. It is not by chance that the Brazilian power price (in USD/MWh) is the most expensive amonfg the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa).