The Ministry of Mines and Energy issued three press releases in the week of June 10--12 announcing a cluster of renewable energy deliveries and a high-profile project reactivation, presenting them collectively as evidence that the government's just energy transition is reaching remote and historically marginalized territories.
Read moreColombia's electricity generation buildout has fallen catastrophically behind schedule just as demand is hitting historic peaks, according to a detailed analysis by Valora Analitik drawing on data from grid operator XM, an ISA subsidiary.
Read moreFitch Ratings has warned that Colombia's electricity system will face heightened reliability pressure in the second half of 2026, with tightening supply-demand margins raising the risk of rationing if El Niño conditions materialize as projected.
Read moreThe governors of Córdoba, Atlántico, and Sucre signed the Plan Caribe Energético 2026-2030 on June 13, a regional energy roadmap developed through the Caribbean Regional Administrative Planning Body (RAP Caribe) in coordination with industry associations, energy companies, and technical experts.
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A diplomatic and commercial spat between Colombia and Ecuador spilled into the energy arena in late May, when President Gustavo Petro used his X account to signal that Colombia would be willing to resume electricity exports to its southern neighbor -- conditionally.
Read morePresident Gustavo Petro's flagship transoceanic railway project has seen its estimated cost nearly double from the CoP$54.6T figure cited by Transport Minister María Fernanda Rojas at a CAF forum last August, reaching CoP$92T according to prefeasibility studies obtained exclusively by Valora Analitik through a freedom-of-information request to the Infrastructure Planning Unit (UPIT).
Read moreEnergy Minister Edwin Palma traveled to Puerto Carreño on June 15 to announce a package of electricity investments for Vichada totaling CoP$89.9B, headlining a proposed bilateral power interconnection with Venezuela and a new 5-MWp solar plant for the departmental capital.
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“El Nino has developed in the tropical Pacific,” says the latest report from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the forecasters expect it to “strengthen”.
Read moreColombia's Senate approved the so-called Ley Nuclear in its fourth and final legislative debate on June 11, sending the bill to the president for signature.
Read moreArgentine energy company Impsa is in advanced negotiations with Venezuelan state utility Corpoelec to revive a long-stalled hydroelectric contract that could add up to 672 MWp of generating capacity to Venezuela's chronically underpowered grid.
Read moreDeutsche Bank and Corficolombiana both published assessments on June 12 framing the same basic question ahead of Colombia's June 21 presidential runoff: what comes after the vote, and how durable will any initial market optimism prove to be?
Read moreThe Ministry of Mines and Energy announced on June 12 the creation of a Special Committee for the coordination and monitoring of El Niño response measures across the energy and mining sector, formalizing an institutional structure to manage the climatic risk the government has been tracking through 36 prior sessions of its CACSSE energy security committee.
Read moreThe May 22 reliability charge auction (OEF) awarded firm energy obligations to 15 new projects totaling 4,069 MW of capacity and 143 GWh per day, enough for the government to declare success, but not enough for industry bodies to agree with it.
Read moreFormer Minister of Mines and Energy Amylkar Acosta published a four-point demand-management plan on June 8, arguing that Colombia is already operating under conditions of "maximum hydrological and energy stress" even before El Niño has fully hit and that voluntary government appeals to save electricity are insufficient to manage what is coming.
Read moreColombia's residential electricity prices moved against the broader trend in May 2026: DANE data show a month-on-month variation of -1.93% for the electricity category, even as headline inflation climbed to 5.84%.
Read morePresident Gustavo Petro announced on June 13 via X that he had decided to liquidate Air-e, the electricity distribution company serving Atlántico, Magdalena, and La Guajira, after nearly 21 months of government intervention by the Superintendency of Public Services failed to stabilize the company.
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