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• Chilean CEN releases transmission expansion proposal for 2022 [free access]

  June 29, 2022
  Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (CEN) or the National Electric Coordinator of Chile has published its complementary report on the transmission expansion proposal for the year 2022.

• Chilean court approves Lo Aguirre Alto Melipilla–Rapel project

  June 29, 2022
  Chile’s Second Environmental Court rejected the two claims against the country’s environmental evaluation agency Sistema de Evaluación Ambiental’s (SEA) approval for the Lo Aguirre Alto Melipilla and Alto Melipilla–Rapel Transmission Line project proposed by Eletrans II SA, a joint venture (JV) between Sociedad Austral de Electricidad S.A. (SAESA) and Chilquinta Energia S.A.

• Chilean SEA approves Santa Teresa’s 220 kV project

  June 27, 2022
  Chilean environmental evaluation agency, Sistema de Evaluación Ambiental (SEA), has approved the processing of the 220 kV high-voltage power line and substation project owned by Electrica Santa Teresa.

• Paraguay’s ANDE commissions first 80 MVA power transformer for Caaguazú and Repatriation

  June 27, 2022
  Paraguay’s state-owned power company, Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), put into service the first transformer of 80 MVA of power in the Caaguazú substation, to provide greater reliability and quality in the electrical system in the department of Caaguazú, especially in the cities of Caaguazú and Repatriation.

• Paraguayan ANDE and FONPLATA continue financing process for 220 kV transmission project

  June 21, 2022
  The state-run electricity company of Paraguay—Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), and multilateral South American Bank Fondo Financiero Para El Desarrollo De La Cuenca Del Plata (FONPLATA) have been carrying out the financing process for the Villa Hayes–Villa Real–Pozo Colorado–Loma Plata project.

• Increase in land costs likely to impact upcoming transmission auction in Brazil

  June 20, 2022
  According to the Brazilian transmission companies, rising land and property costs are likely to impact the investment requirements of the upcoming transmission projects.

• Chilean CEN to operationalise Chuquicamata project by August 2022

  June 20, 2022
  According to the Chilean Coordinador Eléctrico Nacional (CEN) or the National Electric Coordinator, the Chuquicamata underground transmission project will be complete by end-June 2022 and operationalised by the end of August 2022.

• IaDB visits Paraguayan ANDE’s Villa Hayes substation

  June 20, 2022
  Representatives of Inter-American Development Bank (IaDB), along with officials from the Technical Management and Planning Directorate of Paraguay’s state-owned power company Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), visited the Villa Hayes substation as part of the monitoring process.

• Neoenergia to expand transmission network in Brazil

  June 15, 2022
  Brazilian utility Neoenergia SA, a part of Iberdrola Group, has planned to add 33,633 km of line length during 2022–31.

• Colombian developers advance towards grid expansion works

  June 15, 2022
  Colombian power company, Sowitec Operation Colombia S.A.S., has requested for the environmental impact assessment (EIA) of the 220 kV La Guajira transmission line, which will connect the Wimke solar park to Colombia's grid.

• Peruvian COES increases investment for 2023–32 preliminary transmission plan

  June 13, 2022
  Peru’s power grid coordinator, Comité de Operación Económica del Sistema (COES), has raised the estimated investment cost in its preliminary 2023–32 transmission plan from USD74 million to USD1.208 billion.

• Panama awards environmental approval for transmission works

  June 13, 2022
  Panama’s Generadora de Gatún S.A has received the environmental impact study (EIS) approval for the 16.3-km, 230 kV Telfers–Sabanitas transmission line in the Colón province.

• Tender for 132 kV Chaco transmission project in Argentina to release soon

  June 8, 2022
  The tender for a 132 kV transmission project in the province of Chaco, Argentina will be launched soon by provincial government of Chaco.

• Brazilian EDP receives installation license for 230 kV Abunã-Rio project

  June 7, 2022
  EDP Energias do Brasil, Brazilian subsidiary of Portuguese energy company Energias de Portugal (EDP), has received the installation license for the construction of the Tucumã substation and the sectioning of the 230 kV Abunã–Rio Branco C2 transmission line from Instituto de Meio Ambiente do Acre or the Acre state’s environmental agency.

• Panama’s ETESA invites bids for easement studies for Fourth Transmission Line

  June 7, 2022
  Panama’s state transmission company, Empresa de Transmision Electrica (ETESA), has launched the tender for easement studies for the Fourth Transmission Line. The easement works entail conducting commercial appraisal of land along the route of the line. The offers for the new tender of USD3.55 million will be accepted till July 27, 2022.

• Paraguay’s ANDE inaugurates 220 kV Villa Elisa substation

  June 6, 2022
  Paraguay’s state-owned power company Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE) has inaugurated the construction and interconnection works of the 220 kV Villa Elisa substation in the metropolitan area of Paraguay.

• AES Andes’ Interandes project between Argentina and Chile boosts integration

  June 4, 2022
  Authorities of Argentina and Chile have signed documents to authorise the 345 kV Interandes transmission line being developed by AES Andes, a subsidiary of AES Corporation.

• Chilean SEA declares five energy projects as complex

  June 1, 2022
  Chilean environmental evaluation agency, Sistema de Evaluación Ambiental (SEA), has classified five energy projects as complex according to the agency's 2021 Public Account.

• Chilean CNE’s Public Account 2022 highlights improvement in transmission issues

  June 1, 2022
  In its recently published Public Account 2022, Chile’s Comisión Nacional de Energía (CNE) or the National Energy Commission has highlighted the improvements in transmission issues, particularly after the implementation of the Ley de Transmisión or Transmission Law.

• CChC estimates Chile’s energy investment to be USD11.5 billion for 2022-31

  June 1, 2022
  According to the ‘Infrastructure Report for Sustainable Development’ prepared by Chilean Chamber of Construction (CChC), a total of USD11.525 billion of investment is required in the energy sector during 2022-31.