T TRAVELPLANNER/WIKIMEDIA COMMONS echnology advancement and population pressures demand that development planning be conducted not only with the techno - economic paradigm in mind but also taking into consideration environmental, political, and social sustainability factors. Projections considering current energy policies demonstrate that global electricity consumption will grow by 84% in the next 25 years. The portion of electricity consumption from fossil fuels is estimated at 63%, still representing a major challenge to the energy sector in the coming decades [1]. Estimating supply alternatives for increasing electricity consumption is integral to the development expansion plans of developing integrated energy resources Planning for the electricity Sector Targeting Sustainable Development Miguel Edgar Morales Udaeta, Flavio Minoru Maruyama, Andre Luiz Veiga Gimenes, and Luiz Cláudio Ribeiro Galvão Digital Object Identifier 10.1109/MTS.2015.2396112 Date of publication: 23 March 2015 MARCH 2015 ∕ IEEE TEchnology and SocIETy MagazInE 1932-4529/©2015IEEE 31