By: Franyi Sarmiento, Ph.D., Inspenet, June 28, 2022
The Colombian Ministry of Mines and Energy revealed that electricity demand in the second week of June (June 11-17) averaged 209.2 GWh/day, an increase of 4.5% compared to the same period of the previous year.
The figure also represented an increase of 0.6% compared to the first week of the same month, according to Ministry data.
The portfolio explained that the average demand for this week’s working days (five days) was 214.1 GWh/day and increased 0.4% compared to the previous week’s working days, which averaged 213.7 GWh/day (five days).
The Mining, Industry and Commerce sectors presented the highest favorable variations with 5.1%, 4.9% and 1%, respectively.
On the other hand, in regional terms, THC, Valle del Cauca and Antioquia presented the most favorable variations with 1.4%, 0.6% and 0.4%, respectively.
Additionally, the Mines and Energy portfolio revealed that the aggregate reservoir as of June 18 stood at 77.1 %, up 3.16 percentage points compared to the previous week and 32.66 pp above the level reached in 2016 for the same date during the 2015-2016 dry season.
On the other hand, the stock market price for the second week of June 2022 averaged $95.4 /kWh, down $3.4/kWh versus the previous week. And contributions grew to an average value of 304 GWh/day.
On the other hand, thermal generation averaged 41.9 GWh/day, up 43 % compared to the previous week. Meanwhile, energy imports from Ecuador decreased 85 %, averaging 0.02 GWh/day.
Source: https://www.valoraanalitik.com/2022/06/24/colombia-demanda-energia-crecio-segunda-semana-junio/
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