Chile opens diagnosis on power generation: focus on transmission, prices and battery rules

FinanceInternationalLa TerceraNov 12, 2026, 10:06 AMAI summary

Chile's Ministry of Energy began a diagnostic stage on power generation through a seminar. Minister Ximena Rincón said that last year about 1 in 6 solar and wind kilowatt-hours were lost to curtailment, and that between January and September of this year they total close to 3.9 terawatt-hours. The sector calls for expanding transmission, clearer price signals and rules for storage batteries.

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The Ministry of Energy began a diagnosis of the generation segment and is weighing changes to the future electricity networks law
Minister Ximena Rincón said about 1 in 6 producible solar and wind kWh were lost last year
CEN adviser Claudia Rahmann said batteries help but do not solve everything without transmission

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