June 8, 2020
The Inter-American Development Bank (IaDB) has approved a loan worth USD280 million to Ecuador, which will used for the transformation of the country’s energy grid, improvements in energy efficiency, and promotion of access to electricity generated from renewable sources.
June 4, 2020
Brazilian energy regulator, Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL), has decided to sanction the extension of the deadlines for the commercial operation of non-priority transmission projects by four months, due to the global outbreak of COVID-19.
June 2, 2020
Recently, the Ministry of Finance in the Honduras announced that it has approved USD600 million in sovereign bonds as a step to implement the Ley General de la Industria Eléctrica (LGIE) or the General Law of the Electrical Industry.
June 1, 2020
Brazilian state-owned power company, Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. (Eletrobras), has announced that the works for the transmission line passing from Roraima to the country's grid network have been stalled, due to the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic.
June 1, 2020
Peru’s electricity grid operator, Comité de Operación Económica del Sistema Interconectado Nacional (COES) has released its preliminary transmission plan for 2021-30.
May 29, 2020
Mexico’s energy regulatory commission, Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE), has approved the new rates that private electricity providers must pay to the national power utility, Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), for power transmission.
May 26, 2020
Brazilian Transmissora Aliança de Energia Elétrica S.A. (TESA) has energised the 500 kV, 85 km Itabirito 2–Vespasiano 2 transmission line in Minas Gerais state.
May 25, 2020
ENDE Transmisión SA Bolivia and its subsidiary ENDE Transmision Argentina SA (ETASA) are constructing the substations of the Santa Cruz Wind Project, which includes the Warnes, San Julián and El Dorado wind farms in Argentina.
May 21, 2020
Colombian mining and energy planning unit, Unidad de Planeación Minero Energética (UPME), has issued a preliminary document for inviting bids for selecting investors and auditors for the design, acquisition of supplies, construction, and operation and maintenance of storage systems for electrical energy with batteries, in the department of Atlántico.
May 15, 2020
Reportedly, the government of Brazil is considering providing BRL12 billion in emergency loans to help power utilities to deal with the financial crunch caused by COVID-19.
May 12, 2020
The Board of the Brazilian energy regulator, Agência Nacional de Energia Elétrica (ANEEL), has approved the reopening of public consultation No. 46/2019 to analyse the announcement of transmission Auction No. 1/2020, according to the guidelines defined by the Ministro de Minas e Energia (MME) or Ministry of Mines and Energy, Brazil.
May 7, 2020
Mainstream Renewable Power Chile has signed contracts for the construction of five transmission lines to connect the company’s three wind warms and two solar farms to the Chilean national grid.
May 7, 2020
Paraguay’s state-owned power company, Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), has received 10 bids for the ‘Construction and Interconnection Project of the Alto Paraná 220/66/23 kV Substation’.
May 7, 2020
Panama's public services regulator, Autoridad Nacional de los Servicios Publicos (ASEP), has approved the Plan de Expansión del Sistema Interconectado Nacional (Pesin) 2019-33 or Expansion Plan of the National Interconnected System (Pesin) 2019-33, of the state-owned electricity transmission company, Empresa de Transmision Electrica (ETESA).
May 5, 2020
Paraguay’s state-owned power company, Administración Nacional de Electricidad (ANDE), has received three bids for the construction and installation of 500 kV reactor banks for the Villa Hayes substation.
April 27, 2020
Brazil’s energy agency Empresa de Pesquisa Energética (EPE) has published the Programa de Expansão da Transmissão (PET)/Plano de Expansão de Longo Prazo (PELP) 2020 (first semester) document, containing information about all expansion works required for the power transmission network of the country.
April 27, 2020
Chilean national energy commission, Comisión Nacional de Energía (CNE), has extended the date to submit transmission network expansion projects proposals by 30 days till May 27, 2020, considering the state of ‘constitutional exception of catastrophes’, due to the worldwide COVID-19 outbreak.
April 24, 2020
The federal government of Brazil announced that the privatisation of state-owned power company, Centrais Elétricas Brasileiras S.A. (Eletrobras), would complete by the second quarter of 2021.