Colombia's Ministry of Environment issued a circular to all autonomous regional corporations, urban environmental authorities, and local governments on May 28, setting out ten operational directives for managing the El Niño phenomenon expected to consolidate in the second half of 2026 and potentially extend into early 2027.
Read moreWhen the Superintendencia de Servicios Públicos intervened Air-e in September 2024, the Caribbean distributor's debt stood at approximately CoP$530B. By April 30, 2026 -- twenty months and five administrators later -- it had reached CoP$2.3T, an increase of more than 350%.
Read moreNencol 5, the 2,240 MWp gas-fired thermal plant awarded a firm energy obligation in the May 22 reliability charge auction, is nominally the most consequential single result of that process -- representing 55% of the 4,069.7 MWp of new capacity assigned and 4.5% of all firm energy committed. However, El Tiempo's investigation into the project and the man behind it raises serious doubts about whether any of that will materialize.
Read moreThe Consejo Gremial Nacional issued an urgent public appeal on May 29 to the government, the Ministry of Mines and Energy, and CREG to act immediately on what it described as a real and imminent risk of both electricity and gas supply failure. Industry sources speaking anonymously to Portafolio were starker still: "we need a miracle to save ourselves from the blackout."
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With El Niño rapidly approaching, planners are naturally concerned with the expected drop off in hydrogeneration and what they can use to replace it. Traditionally, it would be thermogeneration but, if the “Illuminati” still run the show after August 7th, they will want to use solar. We update our solar-related charts with five full months of 2026 in the books.
Read moreSimón Gaviria, writing in El Heraldo, argues that Colombia's energy debate is stuck in the wrong century.
Read moreThe Petro administration issued Decree 0526 on May 21, amending Decree 1073 of 2015 and fundamentally broadening the mandate of the Fondo de Energía Social (FOES) -- the fund that has historically financed electricity bill discounts for stratum 1 and 2 households.
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The expected candidates made it through to the second round and official government candidate Iván Cepeda got the approximately 40% of the vote that the polls said he would. But Abelardo de la Espriella surprised by getting over 43% and coming first.
Read moreThe Petro administration declared the May 22 reliability charge auction a resounding success, claiming it exceeded projected demand by 8%. Industry analysts, the power generators industry association Andeg, and the auction's most controversial winner all spent the following week telling a different story.
Read moreAlejandro Castañeda, president of the power generators industry association Andeg, declared on May 27 that Colombia faces a high probability of a blackout in March and April of next year, the product of three simultaneous failures: an undersized reliability charge auction, the financial collapse of Caribbean distributor Air-e, and the approaching El Niño phenomenon.
Read moreColombia's Ministry of Mines and Energy has presented its institutional and regulatory roadmap for the potential incorporation of nuclear energy into the national power mix, doing so before the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna on May 25.
Read moreThe economic price tag on a potential rationing scenario is the most important thing El País's May 25 expert survey adds to a story we have already well documented elsewhere, including today.
Read moreAndesco, Colombia's public utilities industry body, issued its starkest public warning to date on May 21, laying out five interconnected risk factors it says could drive the country into electricity rationing -- and giving the government a three-to-four month window to act before the dry season becomes unmanageable.
Read moreColombia faces an imminent risk of electricity rationing and sharp tariff increases as El Niño bears down on a power system weakened by four years of poor decisions.
Read moreColombia enters its May 31 presidential first round with four polling firms pointing in the same general direction – Iván Cepeda first, Abelardo de la Espriella second, Paloma Valencia third – but diverging so sharply on margins that they imply fundamentally different results.
Read moreThe CREG's 2029-2030 firm energy obligation auction – the result that secured 4,069 MW and CoP$16T in investment – has a pronounced regional dimension that received little attention in national coverage.
Read morePresident Gustavo Petro escalated Colombia's official response to the approaching El Niño on May 22, announcing a package of energy and food security measures via his X account and warning that constitutional tools remain on the table if normal administrative channels prove too slow.
Read moreColombia's electricity system regulator CREG closed its latest expansion auction on May 22--23, securing 4,069.7 MW of firm energy capacity and 15 new generation projects for the December 2029--November 2030 obligation period, with total committed investment exceeding CoP$16T.
Read moreEnergy minister Edwin Palma used an appearance at a major forum on labor conditions in the mining and energy sector to issue his sharpest public warning yet about El Niño's impact on Colombia, while simultaneously reframing the government's energy transition agenda as the only credible response to the country's deepening climate and supply vulnerability.
Read moreThree industry voices converged in the third week of May to paint a consistent and sobering picture of Colombia's energy exposure as El Niño approaches: the sector is entering the dry season with a negative firm-energy balance, insufficient gas, a crippled Caribbean distributor, and a new generation pipeline that has chronically underdelivered.
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Colombia has crossed 24,447 registered rooftop solar and distributed generation systems, according to UPME data published through the Plan 6GW+ tracking program, with more than 15,000 of those installations coming in just the past two years.
Read moreCannabis Medical Company has commissioned Colombia's first solar farm dedicated to medicinal cannabis production, a 147-panel photovoltaic system generating 105.1 kWp at its facility in Baranoa, Atlántico.
Read moreEnergy Minister Edwin Palma has sent a formal circular to the Comisión de Regulación de Energía y Gas (CREG) acknowledging what he calls an "imminent risk" of electricity rationing across Colombia -- a significant reversal from his own public statements made just days earlier, when he told an audience in Atlántico that a blackout was not going to happen.
Read moreColombia's energy crisis -- and the Caribbean region's electricity emergency in particular -- took center stage at the Gran Vice Presidential Debate held May 5 at the Universidad Simón Bolívar's Teatro José Consuegra Higgins in Barranquilla, co-organized by Canal 1, Acento Colombia, and El Heraldo.
Read moreMinister of Mines and Energy Edwin Palma put concrete figures behind the government's La Guajira renewable energy push, disclosing that approximately CoP$360B has been directed to community energy projects in the department -- resources he described as enabling Wayúu families to access electricity, refrigeration, and connectivity for the first time.
Read moreColombia's Ministry of Mines and Energy has activated a preparedness roadmap containing 50 specific actions to protect the electricity and gas systems ahead of El Niño 2026--2027, presenting the plan during a session of the Advisory Commission on Energy Situation Monitoring (Cacsse) on May 12.
Read moreThe Ministry of Mines and Energy has issued a resolution formalizing what it calls a tripartite governance model for renewable energy and transmission projects in La Guajira -- a permanent dialogue mechanism bringing together indigenous and local communities, project developers, and the state to negotiate and construct agreements around strategic energy initiatives in the Caribbean region.
Read moreMinister of Mines and Energy Edwin Palma traveled to the Villas de San Pablo neighborhood in Barranquilla on May 14 to review progress on the Colombia Solar program at the Parques de Bolívar 2 residential complex, meeting with community leaders and beneficiary families in one of the program's first operational deployments.
Read moreThe Ministry of Mines and Energy has published a draft resolution establishing the regulatory framework for the exploration, evaluation, and exploitation of white hydrogen in Colombia, along with associated gases.
Read moreWith El Niño conditions expected in the second half of 2026, the Ministry of Mines and Energy has issued Circular 40021 of 2026, directing all entities of the executive branch to establish measurable energy-saving targets, adopt clean energy where possible, and conduct periodic compliance evaluations.
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The Windpeshi wind farm in La Guajira has become one of Colombia's most expensive renewable energy cautionary tales. Originally conceived to generate around 1,006 GWh per year from 41 turbines across the municipalities of Uribia and Maicao, the project burned through more than CoP$1T under its original owner, Enel Colombia, without producing a single kilowatt of commercial energy.
Read moreGrupo EPM used a virtual forum on the future of Colombia's public services sector to table two headline proposals: a "National Reliability Pact 2026--2030" to fast-track energy projects capable of delivering firm or flexible power before 2027, and a "National Policy of Equity and Territorial Convergence" specifically designed to address the Caribbean region's structural electricity deficit.
Read moreColombia's Constitutional Court is reviewing Decree 150 of 2026, President Gustavo Petro's declaration of economic emergency across eight Caribbean and Pacific departments following floods that struck at the start of the year, displacing around 160,000 people across 101 municipalities in Córdoba, Sucre, Antioquia, and Chocó.
Read moreColombia's Ministry of Mines and Energy published a draft resolution for public comment on May 7 proposing changes to the policy governing capacity allocation on the National Power Grid (Sistema Interconectado Nacional or SIN) – a measure framed by Minister Edwin Palma as aimed at freeing up connection slots occupied by stalled projects so that new generation, including clean energy and storage, can move faster.
Read moreWith Colombia's FDI down 16% in 2025 to US$11.5B -- and 33% over four years -- the May 31 first-round election has intensified scrutiny of what each leading candidate would actually mean for foreign investment.
Read moreColombia's Superintendencia de Servicios Públicos Domiciliarios (Superservicios) announced on May 4 that Superintendent Felipe Durán Carrón would lead an in-person inspection and surveillance visit to Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), covering the full range of services the multi-utility provides: water supply, sewage, energy, and gas.
Read moreColombia's foreign investment shortfall -- FDI down 16% in 2025 to US$11.5B and off 33% over four years -- is partly explained by a problem that never appears on a tax bill.
Read moreWhoever takes office on August 7 inherits an electricity sector in apparent crisis -- a gas shortage driving thermal generators toward dirtier combustion, a Caribbean coast distributor on the brink of financial collapse, an ambitious renewable project pipeline that cannot find commercial closure, and a fiscal hole that makes all of the above harder to fix.
Read moreMaría Nohemí Arboleda, general manager of XM – the ISA subsidiary that operates Colombia's electricity market and dispatch system – has given a wide-ranging interview to Valora Analitik that touches on three of the sector's most sensitive current threads: the unresolved legal dispute over a failed Siemens software contract, the growing role of solar generation, and the system's preparedness for a possible Super El Niño later in 2026.
Read moreColombia's Constitutional Court has unanimously overturned Legislative Decree 44 of January 21, 2026, the emergency measure through which the Petro government imposed a parafiscal levy on electricity generators as part of the economic and social emergency it had declared.
Read moreGrid operator XM has circulated an internal report, obtained by El Tiempo, laying out a detailed set of technical requirements for Colombia to navigate an anticipated strong El Niño event expected to develop toward the end of 2026 – a scenario the document warns could push the system "to operating levels that have never been seen before" and place reliable demand coverage at risk.
Read moreThree of Colombia's main electricity industry associations and the market manager have issued coordinated warnings about the structural fragility of the national grid as the probability of a strong El Niño phenomenon in the second half of 2026 rises – adding a climatic stress test to a system that analysts say is already operating with insufficient margin.
Read moreThe April 24 summit between Colombia's Gustavo Petro and Venezuelan acting president Delcy Rodríguez produced more than political declarations: on April 28.
Read moreEnergy Minister Edwin Palma has moved from hinting at Air-e's liquidation to stating it openly, declaring that "Air-e, in my judgment, should be liquidated -- the operation should be taken over by a subsidiary of Gecelca."
Read moreWith Colombia's first-round presidential election 25 days away on May 31, the energy sector is watching the race as closely as any constituency -- and with good reason. The outcome will determine whether Colombia resumes oil and gas exploration, how the country manages the Caribbean coast electricity crisis, and whether the energy transition accelerates or stalls.
Read moreWith Colombia's presidential election six weeks away, voices from the Caribbean coast are using the transition period to press whoever wins on the region's chronic electricity problems.
Read moreFour months before leaving office, President Gustavo Petro's flagship energy transition program is delivering real benefits to individual beneficiaries but falling well short of the structural overhaul its rhetoric promised -- a gap that analysts say reflects both the limits of the initiatives themselves and Colombia's stubborn fiscal dependence on hydrocarbons.
Read moreColombia's electricity users face a two-track tariff threat in the second half of 2026: the anticipated arrival of El Niño, which will shift generation toward costlier thermal fuels, and a government-mandated surcharge designed to bail out debt-laden Caribbean distributor Air-e.
Read moreThe president of Promigás, Juan Manuel Rojas, used the opening session of the Cátedra Luis Carlos Sarmiento Angulo lecture series at the Escuela Colombiana de Ingeniería Julio Garavito to issue a pointed warning about Colombia's energy security ahead of a probable El Niño in the second half of 2026.
Read moreMinister of Mines and Energy Edwin Palma used an appearance at the ninth Encuentro y Feria de Renovables Latam, held at the Centro de Eventos Puerta de Oro in Barranquilla, to issue an unusually candid assessment of Colombia's energy security outlook, describing the convergence of climate risk and global geopolitical disruption as "quite a difficult cocktail."
Read moreWith El Niño expected in Colombia's second half of 2026, the Caribbean region has become the country's principal hope for securing energy supply – representing 54% of national renewable generation projects and contributing more than 50% of the 4,441 MW of solar capacity assigned under the reliability charge mechanism for 2027–2028.
Read moreColombia's energy regulator CREG published draft Resolution 701 122 of 2026 for public comment on April 10, proposing a significant upgrade to the Sistema Centralizado de Información de Convocatorias Públicas (SICEP), the platform through which approximately half of all energy purchased in Colombia is contracted via public tender.
Read moreColombia's electric vehicle market grew 171.3% in the first quarter of 2026, with more than 9,000 new registrations between January and March, according to figures from the ANDI and Fenalco. Against that backdrop, the energy regulator CREG convened a multi-ministry coordination roundtable to begin developing a coherent regulatory and technical roadmap for electric mobility's integration into the national energy system.
Read moreColombia's Minister of Mines and Energy, Edwin Palma, used a keynote appearance at the Bloomberg New Energy Finance Summit in New York on April 21 to frame the reactivation of energy integration with Venezuela as a cornerstone of Colombia's regional clean energy strategy, arguing that the current geopolitical moment offers a historic opening for cross-border electricity interconnection across Latin America.
Read moreColombia's Superintendency of Public Services (Superservicios) used the National Congress on Energy Transition, held at Universidad del Norte in Barranquilla, to deliver one of its sharpest assessments yet of the Caribbean region's chronic electricity crisis – arguing that the problem is structural and cannot be solved by changing operators or launching yet another financial rescue plan. We provide a long commentary on his statements.
Read moreMinister of Mines and Energy Edwin Palma used the 9th SER Colombia Renewables Fair in Barranquilla on April 23 to present a ten-measure package he said has already produced a 2,000% increase in the incorporation of clean energy into Colombia's electricity system — a headline figure the ministry did not break down against a specific baseline in the press release.
Read moreSanta Marta hosted the First International Conference for the Transition Beyond Fossil Fuels from April 24–29, 2026, co-organized by Colombia and the Netherlands as a high-level platform for governments, academics, civil society, and industry representatives to map concrete pathways away from oil, gas, and coal.
Read moreCREG expert commissioner Fanny Guerrero used her address at the first National Congress on Just Energy Transition and Climate Change Adaptation — organized by Air-e and Universidad del Norte — to argue that the Caribbean region's energy endowment positions it to become a motor of economic and social development, provided the right regulatory and infrastructure conditions are put in place.
Read moreThe Ministry of Mines and Energy has issued Resolution 40208, opening a long-term electricity contracting auction that will award 15-year supply contracts beginning January 2030, with a separate tranche starting 2035.
Read moreSpeaking at the Naturgas industry association congress in Cartagena, Minister of Mines and Energy Edwin Palma issued a pointed warning to energy sector actors that climate experts have flagged a probable El Niño event — one that could develop into a severe episode — and that preparation cannot wait.
Read moreA new clean energy research and innovation hub has been established in Medellín, with the formal launch of Energy Valley, Centro Avanzado de Energía, unveiled at the annual plenary of the Sustainable Energy Cluster of the Medellín Chamber of Commerce — an event marking two decades of the cluster's operation.
Read moreSpeaking at the Naturgas congress in Cartagena on April 15, Energy Minister Edwin Palma used the gas industry forum to address the overlapping electricity system pressures that will define the incoming government's energy inheritance — centering on the Caribbean service crisis, El Niño preparedness, and the structural gas supply constraints that directly condition thermal generation capacity.
Read moreSpeaking at the National Congress on Just Energy Transition and Climate Change Adaptation, Atlántico Governor Eduardo Verano argued that Colombia's energy transition cannot advance on renewable resource potential alone — and that the country's electricity system requires deep structural reform before the Caribbean's wind and solar endowment can be meaningfully monetized.
Read moreThe probability of El Niño conditions developing in Colombia has exceeded 60% in the near term and could reach 90% by September.
Read moreColombia's suspension of electricity exports to Ecuador — in place since January 22, when President Petro halted sales in response to Ecuador's imposition of a 30% "security tariff" on Colombian imports, citing inadequate cooperation on narcotrafficking and illegal mining — has hardened into a firm political condition.
Read moreEnergy Minister Edwin Palma met in Bogotá with Anne McKinney, vice president of the Americas Program at the US Chamber of Commerce and executive vice president of AACCLA, alongside representatives of Drummond Ltd., Baker Hughes, Glenfarne Group, General Motors, Capitol and PepsiCo, in a meeting that reaffirmed the American private sector's appetite for expanded participation in Colombia's energy and competitiveness agenda.
Read moreA study by the Fundación para el Desarrollo del Caribe (Fundesarrollo) and consultancy Barrera Rey – Economic Advisory, commissioned by regional chambers of commerce and industry associations, concludes that the Caribbean electricity crisis cannot be solved by replacing Air-e's management — and proposes dismantling the current single-operator model entirely in favor of three to five territorially specialized companies.
Read morePresident Gustavo Petro used X to attribute the historically high electricity tariffs in Colombia's Caribbean region to decisions taken under the governments of Álvaro Uribe Vélez and Iván Duque Márquez, renewing a long-running political dispute over the collapse of the former regional distributor Electricaribe and its aftermath.
Read moreThe national government issued Decree 0393 on April 10, 2026, establishing the policy framework for integrating Energy Storage Systems (SAE) into both the National Interconnected System (SIN) and the Non-Interconnected Zones (ZNI) — areas of the country not connected to the main grid.
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.
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.
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President Gustavo Petro used a post on X on April 4 to dispute a circulating claim that Colombia's energy matrix is 78% fossil-fuel-based, arguing that the figure reflects a methodological error by UPME technicians who count only solar and wind as clean energy while excluding hydropower.
Read moreForecasters are increasingly confident, unfortunately, that a Super El Niño — one of the most powerful climate events on record — could develop in the second half of 2026, with potentially severe consequences for Colombia's already-stressed electricity system.
Read moreThe national government announced on April 8 a CoP$377.6 billion investment in sustainable energy projects across Colombia's regions, channeled through the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation under the 2025–2026 Biennial Calls Plan of the Sistema General de Regalías.
Read moreColombia became a member of the International Energy Agency (IEA) and one of the perks comes as technical assistance. Late last year, the country used that help to produce a roadmap to net zero.
Read moreIndira Portocarrero, director of the Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética (UPME), gave a wide-ranging interview to Valora Analitik outlining the agency's technical and regulatory agenda for the electricity sector, with system reliability, storage, and clean energy integration as the central threads.
Read moreEmpresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM) went on the offensive in late March 2026 following the Environment Ministry's announcement of a sanction process against Hidroituango, with General Manager Jhon Maya Salazar questioning both the basis and the scope of the investigation.
Read moreThe Ministry of Mines and Energy published Resolution 40178 on March 31, 2026, establishing the general rules for long-term clean energy contracting mechanisms under Colombia's just energy transition agenda.
Read moreColombia's distributed solar sector has undergone one of the most rapid transformations in the country's energy history, growing from four solar mini-farms in 2023 to 151 as of March 2026 — an increase of 3,675% in just three years, according to XM, the national electricity market operator.
Read moreColombia's electricity sector is navigating what industry analysts describe as a moment of high structural fragility, with the gap between firm energy supply and demand having narrowed to between 1% and 2% — a margin the sector considers critical for system reliability.
Read moreCaribbean electricity distributor Air-e announced on March 27 that it will lead the First National Congress on Just Energy Transition and Climate Change Adaptation — the first event of its kind to be organized by a grid operator in Colombia.
Read moreThe Ministry of Mines and Energy issued Resolution 40163 on March 27, 2026, authorizing thermal power plants to commercialize imported natural gas on the secondary market — a transitional measure valid for six months designed to unlock underutilized LNG import capacity and broaden gas supply at a moment of acute national shortage.
Read morePresident Gustavo Petro announced on March 25, 2026 that Colombia will withdraw from the international investment arbitration system – the framework under which foreign investors can bring disputes against states before private arbitral tribunals rather than national courts – citing the structural bias he argues such tribunals exhibit in favor of private claimants over sovereign governments.
Read moreEnergy and Mines Minister Edwin Palma represented Colombia at CERAWeek in Houston on March 25, 2026, using one of the global energy sector's most prominent forums to advance the Petro government's framing of the energy transition as a technically grounded, socially responsible process rather than an ideological commitment.
Read moreThe MinEnergia and the Fondo de Energías No Convencionales y Gestión Eficiente de la Energía (FENOGE) announced on March 19, 2026 that the Caribe Cambia Tu Energía program will replace inefficient refrigeration equipment in 12,931 strata 1, 2, and 3 households across Bolívar, Cesar, Córdoba, Sucre, and several Magdalena municipalities, with discounts of up to 40% on energy-efficient replacements.
Read moreThe Petro government issued decrees on March 27, 2026 fixing a 7% salary increase for public servants working in national entities of the executive and judicial branches, with the same adjustment applying to teachers. The increase is retroactive to January 2026.
Read moreWith Colombia's presidential election approaching, the country's energy policy has emerged as one of the sharpest lines of division among the leading candidates – with the opposition right promising an immediate reversal of the Petro-era hydrocarbon moratorium and the ruling coalition's candidate signaling continuity in an energy transition that keeps extractive sectors alive but conditions them on environmental and social limits.
Read moreThe Petro government's Group of State Participations within the Ministry of Finance has proposed reforms to the bylaws of the Electrificadora del Meta (EMSA) that would alter the rules for appointing the company's directors — a move that minority shareholders are publicly resisting on the grounds that it would tilt corporate control toward the national government and undermine the merit-based selection processes built up in recent years.
Read moreSolar energy surpassed coal in Colombia's annual electricity generation in 2025, according to data published by the Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética (UPME).
Read moreThe Ministry of Housing, City and Territory released a technical guide on March 19, 2026 consolidating Colombia's regulatory framework for sustainable building, mapping eight categories of available incentives and providing practical case studies to help developers, public entities, and financial actors implement greener construction projects.
Read moreThe Ministry of Mines and Energy formalized the Colombia Solar program on March 19, 2026 through Resolution 40159, establishing the technical, financial, and operational framework for rolling out distributed solar generation to households in strata 1, 2, and 3.
Read moreThree state-owned electricity generators formally committed to a new tariff methodology in a high-level meeting chaired by President Gustavo Petro on March 19, 2026, in a move the government presented as a structural measure to reduce speculation in the spot market and lower costs for Colombian households.
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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.
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A post-mortem analysis by Asoenergía – the Colombian Association of Large Industrial and Commercial Energy Consumers – of the October 2025 maintenance shutdown of the SPEC LNG regasification terminal in Cartagena has revealed how poor supply planning drove residential gas contract prices to nearly three times their normal level in just a matter of days.
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