Luz Stella Murgas, president of Naturgas, used a wide-ranging El Tiempo interview published April 13 to deliver a specific and urgent message to Colombia's energy establishment: without new LNG import infrastructure entering service by the end of 2026 or early 2027 at the latest, the country will lack the gas supply needed to run its thermoelectric fleet during the El Niño dry season now forecast to begin in September.
Read moreEnergy Minister Edwin Palma used a social media exchange with Acolgen president Natalia Gutiérrez to reopen the government's long-running challenge to Colombia's standby fee mechanism, putting a cumulative price tag on the instrument and questioning whether it has delivered on its promise ahead of the El Niño dry season.
Read moreWith the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts projecting that the El Niño event expected to begin in September 2026 could rival the historically severe episodes of 1982, 1997 and 2015, Colombia's electricity generators are pushing back against expectations of a dramatic spike in consumer electricity bills — while acknowledging a more troubling underlying constraint.
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This week XM, the electricity market manager, highlighted that hydro reservoirs were not yet filled enough to withstand an El Niño event. It seemed to suggest using coal plants to let the reservoirs fill up a bit faster.
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Colombia's wholesale electricity market administrator XM has issued a formal alert warning that the country will need to significantly expand its thermal generation capacity ahead of the El Niño phenomenon now forecast to begin in September 2026, with reservoir levels currently running well short of the target required to enter the dry season safely.
Read moreHidroItuango's reservoir has dipped back below maximum fill, recording 97.9% capacity according to the Superintendencia de Servicios Públicos Domiciliarios — a reading that could bring to a close more than 40 consecutive days of spillway releases driven by the heavy rainy season inflows to the Cauca River.
Read moreThe national government issued Decree 0375 of 2026 on April 7, establishing the Fondo Único de Soluciones Energéticas (FONENERGÍA), a unified financing vehicle that consolidates four existing mechanisms — FAER, FAZNI, PRONE and the Gas Fund — into a single instrument aimed at accelerating electricity and gas coverage in rural and non-interconnected territories.
Read moreColombia's Ministry of Mines and Energy convened approximately 32 industrial radiography companies alongside the Servicio Geológico Colombiano and other technical actors for a nuclear safeguards awareness workshop on April 10, focused on strengthening the country's compliance with its international obligations under the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
Read moreEcopetrol and its subsidiary Hocol have signed a partnership agreement to develop environmental and social projects aimed at closing energy access gaps, promoting non-conventional renewable energy sources and reducing greenhouse gas emissions in underserved communities.
Read morePresident Gustavo Petro fired back at the Asociación Colombiana de Generadores de Energía Eléctrica (Acolgen) after the industry body petitioned the Constitutional Court to suspend and strike down Decree 150 of February 11, 2026, issued to address the economic, social and ecological emergency caused by historically severe rainfall across eight departments including Córdoba, Urabá and Sucre.
Read moreIn a campaign address covering his energy policy vision, presidential candidate Iván Cepeda sketched the outlines of a clean energy agenda centered on solar and hydraulic power, positioning Ecopetrol as the lead vehicle for the country's transition away from fossil fuels rather than as a hydrocarbon producer to be wound down.
Read moreColombia's March 2026 inflation reading came in at 5.56%, marking the second consecutive monthly increase since February, but the energy components of the basket told a contrasting story of deceleration rather than acceleration.
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