Etasa works to achieve the electrical interconnection between Bolivia and Argentina

This Ende release was published using machine translation.

UNICOM, 10/15/2020.- ENDE Transmission Argentina SA - ETASA, will be an operator of the Argentine electricity market in its capacity as concessionaire of the public international interconnection service.

Its function is the construction, operation and maintenance of 74 km of line from the Bolivian / Argentine border to the town of Tartagal, in Argentine territory and the construction of an entrance bay to the transformer station in said town.

The total progress of the line construction project is 70%; ETASA is a company with a shareholding of ENDE Transmission SA and ENDE Andina SAM, subsidiaries of ENDE Corporación.

The current task of ETASA, supported by its shareholders, is to conclude the construction of the line in the Argentine section to link the Yaguacua substation (located in Bolivia) with the Tartagal Substation (located in Argentina), thus allowing the transportation of electric power from Bolivia to Argentina with an estimated power of 120 MW.

In short, the objective of the project is to achieve energy integration between Bolivia and Argentina, thus generating the opportunity to carry out the first international interconnection project in Bolivia and start exporting.