The Ministry of Energy and Mining reported that the regulation of electricity will be suspended this Friday, November 17, 2023 and during the weekend.

He attributes this to actions taken, improved flow at Coca Codo Sinclair and flow stability at Mazar Reservoir.

The Ministry of Energy contracted 192 MW of thermal energy, part of which will be available in December and part in January

There will also not be two days of electricity blackouts next week, but from Monday, November 20, electricity regulation will continue, which will be carried out according to the electricity distribution calendar from 10 o’clock.

The suspension of rationing for next week is due to the change of government. Thus, the Ministry indicated that the cuts throughout the country will be suspended on Wednesday, the 22nd and Thursday, the 23rd due to the change in the presidential order.

When will the power outages end? ‘It depends on the hydrology and the arrival of additional energy that distributors engage’

The production of hydroelectric power in the country as of November 15 in real time is 67%, according to the data of the National Electricity Operator (Cenace). While heat production was 33%. This means an increase in production from renewable sources, if we take into account that it reached up to 62% in the previous days. However, usually hydroelectric energy production is 90% and the remaining 10% is thermal.

For several days now, state authorities have been declaring that the amount of water in the dams has improved, but despite various requests, they have not provided details about the level improvement.