Colombia's energy establishment is split over the right fix for a worsening firm-energy deficit: hold more reliability auctions to bring in new capacity or focus on getting already-awarded projects built.
Read moreColombia's government reached an agreement with Enel Colombia and AES Colombia to reschedule major maintenance at two of the country's largest hydroelectric plants -- El Guavio and Chivor II -- so the work doesn't overlap during the peak-demand months of the 2026-2027 El Niño.
Read moreExecutives from Air-e and Afinia used Andesco's 28th congress to warn that both Caribbean-region utilities face financial distress serious enough to demand immediate structural intervention, not incremental fixes.
Read moreA customer in Barranquilla's Olaya neighborhood is facing judicial proceedings after attacking Air-e technicians with a hammer and damaging the company's vehicle during a visit tied to his unpaid CoP$2.6 million electricity bill.
Read morePresident Abelardo de la Espriella issued Presidential Directive No. 3, ordering five ministries and the national disaster-risk agency UNGRD to jointly develop a coordinated response roadmap for the El Niño phenomenon expected to intensify through 2026-2027.
Read moreIsagen is selling four small hydroelectric plants and five solar parks – roughly 208 MW of combined installed capacity – to a consortium formed by EDF Power Solutions and BTG Pactual Commodities.
Read moreUPME director Rafael Fragozo gave an update on Colombia's transmission expansion pipeline this week, confirming seven works already under execution alongside a broader rollout of new bidding processes.
Read moreColombia's railway and public-transit sector produced a lighter crop of news this quarter, but the through-line is consistent.
Read moreBrazilian asset manager Patria Investments has sold its controlling stake in Puerta de Oro, Colombia's largest solar park, to Colombian generator Isagen.
Read moreColombia's environmental authorities have approved raising Hidroituango's reservoir level from 408 to 420 meters above sea level, a 12-meter increase that unlocks meaningful extra storage just as El Niño tightens the hydrological outlook.
Read moreColombia's government will not hold any energy-reliability auctions in 2026, pushing the process into 2027 instead.
Read moreFacing a fiscal deficit CARF projects could reach 10% of GDP by the close of 2027 and net debt around 67.3% of GDP, former Finance Minister Mauricio Cárdenas told Blu Radio that selling Ecopetrol's majority stake in ISA to Colombia's pension funds would be a smart move.
Read moreColombia's biofuels sector avoided an estimated 15.5 million tons of greenhouse gas emissions and roughly 3,400 tons of particulate matter between 2022 and 2026.
Read moreCamilo Sánchez, president of Andesco, laid out a stark picture of Colombia's supply-demand imbalance heading into the peak of El Niño.
Read moreColombia's gas-import lifeline came under direct strain this week when a mechanical failure forced SPEC LNG's floating regasification unit in Cartagena to cut capacity from 475 to 400 mmcfd, just hours after authorities had flagged the risk of running the plant too hard.
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