The Ministry of Energy and Mines presents projection of electricity coverage period 2024-2029

This Ministry of Energy and Mines release was published using machine translation.

The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) through the Planning and Modernization Unit, presented this August 31, the strategic result of the development of the Energy Network for the period 2024-2029, which seeks to strengthen the electric power service that it is given to the Guatemalan population.

According to Edward Fuentes López, Vice Minister of Energy and Mines in charge of the energy area, the objective of the activity is to maintain significant growth where the goal of households with access to electricity for the next six years is 93.10 percent.

Nery Búcaro, Director of Sector Planning of Segeplan, states that the Energy Network was presented, which is accompanied by the sector strategic planning guide and the institutional strategic planning guide, both based on the budget planning guide for results, Prepared by the Ministry of Public Finance and SEGEPLAN. He highlighted the effort of all the institutions that formed this work.

According to Búcaro, the other participating institutions were the National Institute of Electrification (INDE), the National Energy Commission (CNEE), the Energy Commission of the College of Engineers of Guatemala, as well as the Technical Budget Office of the Ministry of Public Finance. and technical advice from SEGEPLAN.

According to Sergio Aguilar, head of the Economic Development Planning Department, "Segeplan collaborates through technical support in coordinating the technical table and calling on institutions to develop the conceptual model up to the co-strategy model established by the methodology for results”.