The number of families that will receive, for the first time, the electric power service in Colombia rises to about 22 thousand

This Minenergia release was published using machine translation.

Minenergy. Bogotá, August 25, 2020. In session 41 of OCAD Paz, the resource goal of this allocation was reached, destined to electric power projects in 2020, with an investment that exceeds $ 430,000 million pesos and a total of 50 initiatives in municipalities that are part of the Territorial Development Programs, PDET.

"The resources from the royalties become works that transform lives: the projects approved this year with the allocation for peace, will allow to bring the electric power service, for the first time, to about 22 thousand families throughout the country. In total, in the running of the Government, we have ensured this benefit for about 27,000 households with royalty resources. In this way, the wealth of the subsoil contributes to reducing social gaps in the territories ", highlighted the Minister of Mines and Energy, Diego Mesa .

Since 2018, a total of 70 projects have been approved (4 in 2018, 16 in 2019 and 50 in 2020) of electrical energy in the allocation for peace, with an investment that exceeds $ 517,000 million pesos.

The departments with the most projects approved in this sector are Putumayo with 12 projects, benefiting more than 7,400 new users, with an investment of more than $ 148,000 million pesos; Goal with 7 projects, benefiting about 2,800 new users and an investment of more than $ 54,300 million pesos; Cease with 7 projects, benefiting 2,640 new users and an investment of more than $ 54,000 million pesos; Magdalena with 7 projects, benefiting 2,184 new users and an investment of more than $ 44,800 million pesos; and Caquetá with 8 projects, benefiting 2,180 new users and an investment of more than $ 45,000 million pesos.

In total, 50 projects have been approved that carry electrical energy service through individual solar photovoltaic systems (SSFV) in Non-Interconnected Zones, and 20 are connected to the National Interconnected System (SIN).

Projects approved in session 41 of OCAD Paz

In the most recent session, three projects worth $ 59,000 million pesos were approved in three PDET municipalities for photovoltaic systems and construction of electrical distribution networks.

The first project consists of one of the largest investments ever made in the energy sector in the allocation for peace, by installing individual solar systems to bring energy service to nearly 2,500 families in the 102 for the first time. sidewalks of the municipality of Puerto Guzmán, Putumayo, with an investment of almost $ 49,500 million pesos.

In the municipality of Solita, Caquetá, a project was approved for more than $ 7,700 million pesos that will connect the 37 villages of the municipality, bringing the electric power service to 350 families, guaranteeing the indicator of 100% access to energy in this PDET del Caquetá municipality. The project benefits the Inga indigenous population, peasants and a population that has recently been affected by floods.

Finally, in Manaure, Cesar, $ 2,405 million were approved for the implementation of autonomous systems for the generation of photovoltaic solar energy for the energization of 120 homes in the rural non-interconnected areas of the municipality.