INITIAL TRAJECTORY OF COMPANHIA DE GÁS DE SANTA CATARINA (SCGÁS) (1994-2010)

Abstract

This article aims to discuss gas distribution services in the horizon from 1994 to 2010, focusing on Companhia de Gás de Santa Catarina (SCGÁS), which was officially founded in 1994 and had its activities started in 2000. Gas natural is a fossil fuel. It was the energy matrix with the greatest expansion in consumption in the 20th century, in Brazil, driven by its versatility. In Brazil, the Federal Constitution requires that the States of the Federation be responsible for the exploitation of local piped gas services, with SCGÁS being responsible for its distribution in Santa Catarina. The methodology used was exploratory and descriptive, with a qualitative approach, in addition to the use of bibliographic and documentary sources. The method of analysis was the historical-dialectical materialist. For the realization of the article, books, articles, theses, legislation on natural gas, websites and administrative reports of SCGÁS were used. The study makes reference to the State and development, as it is a research on the history of a state-owned company inserted in a state system in Santa Catarina. As a result, some main points can be inferred, such as the intervention of the State through the creation of the state-owned company as a solution so that natural gas could be offered in the State. And in a second moment, it was supported that the financial results expanded positively, consolidating and demonstrating that the management well managed by the State has transformed into a state-owned company, which can expand its functions and be a factor of socioeconomic development, in addition to a instrument of economic policy.