Alejandro Castañeda said that Air-E’s debt with the generators has grown after government intervention.
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Alejandro Castañeda, president of the National Association of Generating Companies (ANDEG), said from the city of Barranquilla that The financial situation of the Air-E energy company is still critical And it goes in deterioration.
The union leader said that Air-E represents a risk to the stability of the electrical system on the Atlantic coast, and warned that at least 35% of the Caribbean region Colombian is at risk of experiencing a blackout.
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Castañeda pointed out that, “thermal generators in the Caribbean region, serve almost 35% of the total of what the region consumes. Then, if the generators fail, The Caribbean region could have a 35% problem in the lack of energy If these companies get to not have how to buy fuels to be able to attend the generation they have to do on a day -to -day basis. “
Alejandro Castañeda detailed Air-E debts, pointed out that the company It has a current 1.5 billion debt with electrical system Colombian, of which $ 900 billion correspond to pending payments with thermoelectric plants, $ 300 billion with the water generation sector and another $ 300 billion with the national transmission system.
Added that the debt of Air With energy generators, it has grown after the intervention of the National Government last September 2024.
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“This problem is very serious, it has not been found a way out, and this problem of the 1.5 billion pesos corresponds to the management made by the Superintendence of Public Services Since September of last year, which made the decision to intervene the company Air-E “.
“The big problem is that the debt has grown 2.4 times since the intervention by the Superintendencyand today there is no clarity yet where the resources with which that debt will be settled with the generation sector and the transmission sector are going to leave. “
Source: Integrated information system.
