Empresa Nacional de Transmisión Eléctrica has taken out a $48 million loan from South Korea for new substations and distribution lines.
From a press release by Empresa Nacional de Transmisión Eléctrica (Enatrel):
The Government through Empresa Nacional de Transmisión Eléctrica (Enatrel) has signed a cooperation contract with company representatives from DAEWOO International Corporation and Hyundai Engineering, Company Limited, in the amount of $25 million, resources which are to be invested in building the new substations El Sauce, in the department of León, and Ocotal, Nueva Segovia, and also in the expansion of substations San Ramon, Matagalpa and Esteli, in the department of Estelí. In addition assembly of transmission 138 kV (kilovolt) lines will be made to link these to the National Interconnected Electrical Substation .