Alejandro Arbeláez, general manager of Sociedad Hidroituango, used a July 5th interview with Valora Analitik to deliver the most operationally specific public warning yet about Colombia's blackout risk -- and to put two concrete proposals on the table for the incoming de la Espriella government: activate more thermal plants immediately, and advance the clock by one hour to optimize use of natural daylight.
Read moreAir-e Intervenida presented two strategic infrastructure projects to the UPME in early July, seeking financing from the Fondo de Apoyo Financiero para la Energización de Zonas Rurales (Finanical Support for Rural Electrification Fund, FAER) to strengthen electricity service in rural areas of Atlántico and Magdalena – the first time in a decade the Caribbean distributor had submitted projects to this fund.
Read moreColombia's energy and gas regulator CREG sent a delegation to Cartagena on July 6th for a two-day technical visit to Afinia and Grupo EPM, combining boardroom briefings with on-the-ground field tours through some of the city's most challenging electricity service zones.
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The defining moment of Colombia's 2Q26 transport transition came on May 29, when journalists, diplomats, and city officials boarded Bogotá Metro Line 1 trains for the first time as the system made its third and most significant test run, now on energized rail, from the Patio Taller to Station 2 in the Gibraltar neighborhood.
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Tesla's arrival in Colombia has reshaped the country's automotive market faster than almost any observer anticipated.
Read morePuerta de Oro, Colombia's largest solar park, entered commercial operations on July 6th, an arrival that Valora Analitik noted comes at a strategically significant moment, with El Niño conditions confirmed and the national grid under pressure to build non-hydraulic generation capacity.
Read moreThe electricity sector's immediate response to president-elect Abelardo de la Espriella's June 30 social media broadcast – in which he warned of an imminent energy crisis inherited from the outgoing government and pledged his administration would honor the state's obligations to the sector – was unambiguous: industry association leaders called it a "positive signal" that restores confidence across the entire electricity supply chain at the most critical possible moment.
Read moreThe regulatory backstory behind the Caribbean energy tariff crisis became clearer when El Heraldo published a 22-page letter that CREG sent to President Gustavo Petro and Minister Edwin Palma on November 28, 2025 – a document that had been sitting undisclosed until the ombudsmen of Barranquilla and Santa Marta revealed its existence.
Read moreThe most underreported dimension of Colombia's El Niño crisis is not the reservoir levels: it is the simultaneous convergence of scheduled maintenance at the country's largest generation plants with the precise period when the system most needs them available.
Read moreThe Caribbean electricity crisis became the first substantive policy commitment of the de la Espriella presidency even before his August 7th inauguration.
Read moreThe rationale behind EPM's decision to spin off 35 municipalities from Afinia into a new subsidiary called Energía Atenea is essentially one of financial quarantine: separating a territory with energy loss rates of 40% and bill collection rates of just 60% from the rest of Afinia's more functional operation.
Read moreThe Superintendency of Public Services signed a Agreed Management Program (PGA) with Empresa de Energía Eléctrica de Vichada – Electrovichada – placing the isolated department's electricity provider under a structured corrective and preventive framework after regulatory inspections found a combination of technical, operational, and financial deficiencies serious enough to threaten service continuity.
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