A new multi-stakeholder coordination platform for Colombia's energy transition was launched in Bogotá on March 19, 2026, backed by international funding and designed to address what its organizers identify as the country's core structural problem: not a lack of initiative, but a lack of coordination among the many actors pursuing it in parallel.
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Colombia's Mining and Energy Planning Unit (UPME) released its 2024 Electricity Coverage Index (ICEE), showing that national household electrification reached 93.12% — up 0.45 percentage points from 92.67% in 2023 — as 539,351 new homes were connected during the year.
Read moreEnergy and Mines Minister Edwin Palma met on March 17, 2026 with U.S. Embassy Chargé d'Affaires Jarahn Hillsman and his economic team to review bilateral cooperation and investment opportunities across Colombia's energy sector.
Read moreColombia's gas industry association Naturgas issued a striking warning on March 13, 2026: the country's loss of gas self-sufficiency is producing an accidental reversal of its industrial energy transition, as companies priced out of natural gas migrate toward coal, fuel oil, and other more carbon-intensive alternatives.
Read morePromigas has deployed a continuous intelligent monitoring system at one of its gas infrastructure assets, marking what the Cartagena-based company describes as a strategic step toward carbon neutrality, zero-accident operations, and full digitalization of its asset management processes.
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