A post-mortem analysis by Asoenergía – the Colombian Association of Large Industrial and Commercial Energy Consumers – of the October 2025 maintenance shutdown of the SPEC LNG regasification terminal in Cartagena has revealed how poor supply planning drove residential gas contract prices to nearly three times their normal level in just a matter of days.
Read moreColombia's energy sector trade associations gathered in Cartagena on March 17, 2026 to issue a coordinated alarm over what they described as the deepest financial and operational crisis to hit the electricity and gas supply chain in recent memory.
Read moreColombia's General Controller issued a broad warning on March 18, 2026 saying that the country faces a genuine risk of energy rationing and tariff increases, presenting the findings of a sectoral study titled Quality Supply and Energy Storage in Colombia 2020-2030 (Abastecimiento con Calidad y Almacenamiento Energético en Colombia 2020–2030) at a public forum.
Read moreEnergy and Mines Minister Edwin Palma used a Controller’s forum on March 18, 2026 to push back against what he characterized as an alarmist narrative around Colombia's energy security, while opening a significant new debate about a structural component of the electricity tariff.
Read moreThe Electrificadora de Santander (ESSA), a 135-year-old EPM Group utility serving Santander department, is entering electricity generation for the first time through a set of utility-scale solar parks of its own — a strategic step that marks a meaningful expansion of its business model beyond its traditional distribution role.
Read moreColombia's Inspector General's Office has formally demanded that the Superintendency of Public Utilities (Superservicios) expand its reporting on the ongoing state intervention of Air-e, the troubled Caribbean electricity distributor, after concluding that an initial report submitted by the regulator was too vague to allow meaningful oversight of the process.
Read moreA Revista Cambio investigation published March 16, 2026 and based on documents now held by the Fiscalía reveals a coherent pattern of financial opacity during Energy Minister Edwin Palma's tenure as special intervening agent at Air-e: large payment agreements covering pre-intervention debts, the systematic restriction of financial information from auditors and successor officials, and the concentration of accounting control within Palma's immediate personal circle.
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With other issues on their minds, President Gustavo Petro and MinEnergia Edwin Palma have stopped complaining about reservoir levels. We still thought we would update our principal charts concerning water levels in hydro dams, which we hadn’t looked at in six weeks or so.
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Tariffs once again capture MinEnergia’s attention and, by extension, that of SuperServicios and the CREG. This is a hard argument to make for the average non-economist looking at their bill but, in real terms, prices have been under control since the pandemic.
Read moreEPM has launched a technical cooperation project with the South Korean government focused on developing circular economy solutions for the Hidroituango reservoir, the 78-kilometer impoundment on the Cauca River that houses Colombia's largest hydroelectric plant.
Read moreColombia's Ministry of Mines and Energy has launched a national call for technical cooperation project proposals under its partnership with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), targeting the 2028–2029 cooperation cycle. The announcement, dated March 11, 2026, builds on two decades of joint work through which nuclear techniques have been applied to radiological safety, cancer treatment, agricultural productivity, and environmental monitoring.
Read morePresident Gustavo Petro's administration is defending the continued tenure of Ricardo Roa and Jorge Carrillo at two of Colombia's most strategically important state enterprises despite escalating legal controversies surrounding both officials,
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Colombia's Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development and IDEAM issued an early warning on March 16, 2026 following detection of warming signals in the equatorial Pacific Ocean indicating possible El Niño development during the second half of the year, with potential implications for national water resources and agricultural sectors.
Read moreHidroituango S.A. issued a stark warning about Colombia's electricity sector vulnerability after analysis revealed the Sistema Interconectado Nacional (SIN) experienced net capacity contracted in 2025 despite new generation project additions.
Read moreSmall-scale solar installations are emerging as a practical complement to large renewable energy parks in Colombia's electricity transition, with fifty generators coordinated by Unergy contributing 65,916 MWh to the Sistema Interconectado Nacional between December 2023 and January 2026—equivalent to annual consumption of more than 35,000 Colombian households
Read moreColombia's Ministry of Mines and Energy presented a draft resolution on March 12, 2026 establishing transitional guidelines for differential electricity tariffs targeting the country's most vulnerable families, particularly those in historically underserved rural areas and territories facing operational difficulties.
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