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Electricity sector of Argentina
Data
Electricity coverage (2016)
100% (total);[1] (LAC total average in 2016: 98.2%) [1]
Installed capacity (2020)
41,951 MW
Share of fossil energy
60.5%
Share of renewable energy
33%
GHG emissions from electricity generation (2011)
67.32 Mt CO2
Average electricity use (2014)
3,050 kWh per capita
Distribution losses (2014)
3.3%; (LAC average in 2005: 13.6%)
Consumption by sector (% of total)
Residential
41%
Industrial
45%
Commercial and public sector
13%
Tariffs and financing
Average residential tariff (US$/kW·h, 2004)
0.0380; (LAC average in 2005: 0.115)
Average industrial tariff (US$/kW·h, 2006)
0.0386 (LAC average in 2005: 0.107)
Services
Sector unbundling
Yes
Share of private sector in generation
75%
Share of private sector in transmission
0%
Share of private sector in distribution
75%
Competitive supply to large users
Yes
Competitive supply to residential users
No
Institutions
No. of service providers
Dominating 3 distributors:
Edenor
Edesur
Edelap
Responsibility for transmission
Transener
Responsibility for regulation
National agency (ENRE) and provincial agencies
Responsibility for policy-setting
Energy Secretariat
Responsibility for the environment
Secretariat of Environment and Sustainable Development
Electricity sector law
Yes (1991)
Renewable energy law
Yes (1998, modified in 2007)
CDM transactions related to the electricity sector
3 registered CDM projects; 673,650 t CO2e annual emissions reductions
The electricity sector in Argentina constitutes the third largest power market in Latin America.[2] It relies mostly on thermal generation (60% of installed capacity) and hydropower generation (36%). The prevailing natural gas-fired thermal generation is at risk due to the uncertainty about future gas supply.
Faced with rising electricity demand (over 6% annually) and declining reserve margins, the government of Argentina is in the process of commissioning large projects, both in the generation and transmission sectors. To keep up with rising demand, it is estimated that about 1,000 MW of new generation capacity are needed each year. An important number of these projects are being financed by the government through trust funds, while independent private initiative is still limited as it has not fully recovered yet from the effects of the 2002 Argentine economic crisis.
The electricity sector was unbundled in generation, transmission and distribution by the reforms carried out in the early 1990s. Generation occurs in a competitive and mostly liberalized market in which 75% of the generation capacity is owned by private utilities. In contrast, the transmission and distribution sectors are highly regulated and much less competitive than generation.
^ ab"World Bank: Access to Electricity (% of total population)". World Bank.
^"Renewable energy in Latin America: Argentina | Global law firm | Norton Rose Fulbright". www.nortonrosefulbright.com. Retrieved 20 January 2024.
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