Costa Rica: The Missing Link for Electrical Interconnection

Due to problems with easement acquisition, Costa Rica is the only country that has not completed the Electrical Interconnection System for Central America.

Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Data from Proyecto Mesoamérica, the organization coordinating the Electrical Interconnection System for Central America (SIEPAC), revealed that up to February 28, Costa Rica had completed 84% of the project (foundations, lifting of structure and laying of electrical conductor).

Elayne Whyte, executive director of Proyecto Mesoamérica, explained that problems negotiating with private landowners who opposed SIEPAC lines passing through their properties have generated the delay in the work of laying cables and installing infrastructure.

'What is needed (to complete the SIEPAC project ) is the entry into force of the regulations ... and that small section in Costa Rica, and the acquisition of the easement, as some of them are outstanding, " she added.

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