Central America power watch
Guatemala's wholesale power market administrator AMM released a preliminary programming outlook for May 2022 through April 2023.
“There is sufficient installed capacity to meet the demand of the national grid, considering the guarantee of fuel supply, as reported by the producer participants through the reports issued by the certifying companies of processes regarding necessary facilities and availability of fuel supply,” reads the 494-page document, available here, in Spanish.
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Panama’s state power transmission company Etesa extended to April 18 the deadline to submit offers in the tender to increase the capacity of the 316km, 230kV Veladero-San Bartolo-Llano Sánchez-El Coco-Panamá II line.
The US$37.1mn, 600-day project will boost dispatch of the national grid from the west of the country, home to hydropower potential.
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El Salvadoran lawmakers authorized an increase in this year’s budget for state water utility ANDA to partially pay accumulated debts it has with power distributors.
ANDA will receive a US$16mn boost to help cover around US$39mn it owes the electricity suppliers, the legislative assembly reported.
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