 The program was launched in November 2003, under the name Luz para Todos ("Electricity for All"), focused in regions with a low Human Development Index and toward families with total incomes equaling, up to, three times the minimum wage.The goal of the program was to provide electricity for 2.5 million rural households (approximately 12 million people) by the end of 2008.In October 2008, Rousseff acknowledged that the government would not be able to fulfill its goal in time, leaving 100,000 households behind.