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Electricity sector of Bolivia
Data
Electricity coverage (2003)
67% (total), 28% (rural); (LAC total average in 2007: 92%)
Installed capacity (2006)
1.43 GW
Share of fossil energy
60%
Share of renewable energy
40% (hydro)
GHG emissions from electricity generation (1994)
0.19 t CO2e per capita
Average electricity use (2006)
588 kWh per capita
Distribution losses (2005)
10%; (LAC average in 2005: 13.6%)
Consumption by sector (% of total)
Residential
40%
Industrial
28%
Tariffs and financing
Average residential tariff (US$/kW·h, 2006)
0.0614; (LAC average in 2005: 0.115)
Average industrial tariff (US$/kW·h, 2006)
0.0404 (LAC average in 2005: 0.107)
Annual investment in electricity
US$40 million
Share of government financing (2004)
50%
Services
Sector unbundling
Yes
Share of private sector in generation
100% (in the SIN-National Interconnected System)
Share of private sector in distribution
100% (in the SIN)
Competitive supply to large users
No (regional distribution monopolies)
Competitive supply to residential users
No
Institutions
No. of service providers
3 (generation), 3 (distribution)
Responsibility for transmission
2 (Transportadora de Electricidad, ISA Bolivia)
Responsibility for regulation
Multi-sector national regulator
Responsibility for policy-setting
Viceministry of Electricity and Alternative Energy
Responsibility for the environment
Land Planning and Environment Vice-Ministry
Electricity sector law
Yes (1994)
Renewable energy law
No
CDM transactions related to the electricity sector
1 registered CDM project; 141,691 t CO2e annual emissions reductions
Bolivia electricity production by source
The electricity sector in Bolivia is dominated by the state-owned ENDE Corporation (Empresa Nacional de Electricidad), although the private Bolivian Power Company (Compañia Boliviana de Energía Eléctrica; COBEE) is also a major producer of electricity. ENDE had been unbundled into generation, transmission and distribution and privatized in the 1990s, but most of the sector was re-nationalized in 2010 (generation) and 2012 (transmission and distribution).[1]
The supply is dominated by thermal generation (65%), while hydropower (35%) has a smaller share in its generation mix compared to other South American countries.[2] (Latin America and the Caribbean, or LAC, average hydropower capacity is 51%.[3]) In 2014, national electricity supply of 1580.35 MW comfortably exceeded the 1298.2 MW maximum demand.[4] Like in other countries, Bolivia's electricity sector consists of a National Interconnected System (SIN) and off-grid systems (known as the Aislado).
The national government's priorities for the electricity sector include providing universal access to electricity and producing surplus energy for export.[5] The electricity coverage in rural areas is among the lowest in Latin America and improving it represents a major challenge in the future. The government envisions a major expansion of electricity generation capacity to over 8,000 MW over the decade from 2015 to 2025, primarily to export surplus generating capacity.[6]
^ENDE Corporación, Memoria Anual 2013, pp. 3, 11
^Vásquez, Wálter (2015-07-27). "Once plantas de energías alternas producirán 420 MW hasta 2020 - La Razón". La Razón. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
^EIA Statistics
^"La demanda máxima coincidental en 2014 fue de 1298.2 MW y la generación disponible en ese periodo fue de 1580.35 MW." "Los Tiempos".
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