The Minister of Energy and Mining, Andrea Arrobo, is already dealing with the energy emergency that Ecuador is going through and which has put the country under energy rationing since last October 27. The new head of the state department, which was led by Fernando Santos Alvite in the previous government, announced on her X (Twitter) account that this Friday, November 24, she met with the Minister of Environmental Protection Sade Fritschi and the Minister of Economy and Finance, Juan Carlos Vega Malo .

Arrobo explained that the liquidity and energy import contracts with Colombia were analyzed, which is one of the actions left by the previous president of the Republic, Guillermo Lasso.

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On October 28, Lasso agreed with his counterpart Gustavo Petro to import 450 MW from Colombia to solve the energy crisis in Ecuador. “Colombia will provide us with 450 MW, which is the maximum amount of energy supported by the interconnection line between the two countries,” he explained upon his arrival from Bogotá.

“In this Crisis Staff, we are discussing the issues of the state of the national power system. As well as the granting of environmental licenses, the efforts carried out by the Ecuadorian Electric Corporation (Celec), the analysis of liquidity contracts and the import of energy from Colombia,” Minister Arrobo explained. He added: “It is important to carry out joint work between government institutions, with the main goal of achieving goals in strategic sectors and the well-being of Ecuadorians.”

But despite the fact that Arrobo already met with Juan Carlos Vega, as announced by the communication team of the President of the Republic, Daniel Noboa, before the inauguration of the first president; Until this Friday, November 24, Vega was not officially declared the head of the Department of Economy and Finance, as was already done with other state secretaries.

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Juan Carlos Vega took the place of Sarih Moya, who was previously announced by the president’s team as the new Minister of Economy and Finance.

Meanwhile, Vega was expected to take office on the night of Thursday, November 23, but that did not happen. Even as of noon on November 24, the official account