Electricity generators claim that the Regional Operator Entity arbitrarily disconnects Guatemala from the rest of the countries in the region, and that since 2016 up to date the disconnections already add up to 600 hours.
The National Association of Generators of Guatemala (ANG) claims that the Regional Electricity Interconnection Commission (CRIE) does not comply with the resolutions of the Central American Court of Justice (CCJ), which ordered Guatemala to stop disconnections from the regional electricity system.
The state-owned company LaGeo plans to invest in its geothermal fields in Chinameca and San Vicente to increase its generation capacity to an additional 80 megawatts.
In order to finance the works, the public company LaGeo, a subsidiary of the Lempa River Hydroelectric Executive Commission (CEL Group), is negotiating a $232 million loan with the World Bank.
In El Salvador, a charging station for electric vehicles will be put into operation in Plaza Malta, located on the road to the Port of La Libertad.
This will be the first electrolinera (electric station) in the country that will serve the general public, because since 2018 there is another station of this type, but is within the Universidad Centroamericana José Simeón Cañas (UCA).
In El Salvador, it was announced that in early 2020 work will begin on the expansion of the electricity transmission network in Tamanique, in La Libertad department.
Executives of the Transmission Company of El Salvador (Etesal) specified that the project contemplates the construction of a substation in the municipality of Tamanique, which will have a capacity of 50 megavoltamperium (MVA), which will be connected to the substation of Talnique, also in La Libertad, through a transmission line of 115 kilovolts (kV).
In the first three months of 2019, 14 environmental impact studies were presented in the countries of the region to perform work on electricity grids and develop power generation plants.
The interactive platform "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Trade Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private constructionprojects for which environmental impact studies (EIA) were submitted to the respective institutions of each country.
A 3% increase in the cost of electricity came into effect in El Salvador on July 15, when the rate per megawatt hour rose from $139.77 to $143.82.
The decision to increase the tariff was taken because of the lack of rain, which in the last quarter has led to a decrease in hydroelectric power generation. Added to this, the participation of the sugar mills, which generate electricity from sugar cane bagasse, was reduced.
Banco Agromercantil de Guatemala announced a $43 million loan for the construction of part of the 54 MW Ventus wind farm to be located in the municipality of Metapán.
The construction of a thermoelectric plant in Panama, a food processing plant in Costa Rica and a vertical residential complex in Guatemala are part of the projects planned for the coming months in the region.
The interactive system "Construction in Central America", compiled by the Trade Intelligence Unit at CentralAmericaData, includes an up to date list of public and private constructionprojects that are expected to be built in the coming months.
During 2018, electricity purchases totaled $167 million, 58% more than in 2017, and its main supplier was Guatemala, representing close to 81% of total sales.
Data from the Central Reserve Bank (BCR) indicate that between 2017 and 2018, energy imports went from $105 million to $167 million, the latest being the highest amount reported in the last twenty years.
After several years of carrying out studies of the work, the governments announced that they plan to begin working on the standardization of regulations to sign the agreement of the electrical interconnection project.
In a press release published on March 19, Panama's Presidency stated that Panama's Energy Secretary, Victor Urrutia, informed that the Agreement required for the implementation of the electric interconnection project that will link the Andean and Central American systems will soon be signed.
The National Electric Transmission Company tenders the construction of networks and installation of primary distribution networks in different regions of the country.
During 2018, the country registered exports of electric energy for $181 million, 76% more than reported in 2017, and its main buyers were El Salvador, Honduras and Mexico.
The most recent data from the Bank of Guatemala show that last year Guatemala sold $119 million in electricity to El Salvador, $37 million to Honduras, $1.2 million to Nicaragua and $930,000 to Costa Rica.
From January to November last year, the country exported $165 million in electricity to Mexico and Central America, 73% more than in the same period in 2017.
The Report of the Monetary, Exchange and Credit Policy of the Banco de Guatemala, details that the energy exportations are mainly caused by the investments made in the electricity transmission network of the country, which has allowed satisfying the increase of the demand coming from El Salvador and Honduras.
From January to November 2018, electricity was imported for $154 million, 60% more than in the same period in 2017.
According to figures from the Transactions Unit (UT), the administrator of the electricity market in El Salvador, in the first eleven months of last year, injected 1,668.7 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of energy from the external market.
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