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Air-e warns energy consumption rises 20% in subnormal sectors of Colombia's Caribbean region

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Ramiro Castilla, Air-e's intervention agent, warned at the National Energy Balance Hearing that energy consumption in subnormal electrical sectors of the Caribbean rose 20%, compared with 12% in regularized sectors and 6% in the rest of the country. He said $65 billion pesos are not being collected in those areas and that the company loses $520 billion pesos monthly. Mines and Energy Minister María Nohemí Arboleda stressed the need to save energy to get through the El Niño phenomenon.

In 40 seconds

  • Energy consumption grows 20% in subnormal sectors of the Caribbean, versus 12% in regularized ones and 6% in the rest of the country.
  • Air-e fails to collect 65 billion pesos in those sectors, according to its intervention agent, Ramiro Castilla.
  • The company posts monthly losses of 520 billion pesos and buys 50% of the energy it sells on the spot market.
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