Ecuador hopes to reduce the duration of blackouts with electricity supplies from Colombia

The government of Ecuador highlighted this Monday the resumption of electrical interconnection with Colombia and said he was confident that daily nationwide blackouts could be reduced with the electricity supply provided by the neighboring country.

The acting Minister of Energy and Mines, Roberto Lucasindicated in a press conference about the country’s energy situation and highlighted that interconnection with Colombia after interruption of a few weeks.

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After Colombia confirmed that it could resume supplying electricity to Ecuadorthe minister said that this implies that the power cuts planned for the next few days will be reduced.

It also opened up the possibility of scheduled blackouts disappearing next weekend’s holiday (Friday to Sunday) due to the Labor Day.

“The agreement with Colombia implies a reduction in the deficit from 10.4 to 4.2 gigawatt-hours, which means 6.2 gigawatt-hours”of reducing domestic supply, added Luque at the press conference held at the Government Palace in Quito.

Furthermore, he highlighted that the hope is to improve the flow of rivers that feed the hydroelectric plants in the south of the country, which were affected by a drought recorded in previous weeks.

“We are working to achieve the necessary dam flows Mazar It is Guideline“added the minister when assessing the situation of these two generators located in the Andean province of Azuay (south) and the one close to blow plantwhich are part of the same complex, have the capacity to meet around a third of the internal electricity demand.

“The balance and balance that we must have between filling the reservoirs and efficiently consuming the resource is what we are doing for the benefit of all Ecuadorians.” he added.

Luque assured that “These actions allow disruptions to be reduced in the moment. There will be rationing of up to three hours with dynamism in different regions of the country, reducing the problems of Ecuadorian families” he added.

The Ministry of Energy, in a statement, guaranteed that the electricity sector “is working and implementing various measures to resolve the crisis that Ecuador is experiencing”.

“Actions are being taken to repower the electrical infrastructure, promote energy savings, diversify energy sources and encourage investment, all with the aim of guaranteeing the population a continuous and reliable service.“added the portfolio.

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The scheduled blackouts began in mid-April, when the Government announced rationing periods of up to 13 hours in some locations, with an average of eight hours nationally in different cities and areas, depending on consumption factors.

Rationing has been reduced and blackouts currently last an average of three hours.

Last week, Minister Luque explained that each hour of electricity rationing caused losses of around 12 million dollars, which with an average of six hours of daily rationing the indicator grew to 72 million dollars per day.

Source: Elcomercio

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