| Colombia and its Electricity Sector in Figures |
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| Official Name |
Republic of Colombia |
| Area |
1.141.748 km2 |
| Population |
42 million inhabitants
(75% in urban area, 25% rural area) |
| Capital |
Bogotá (6.7 million inhabitants) |
| Official Currency |
Colombian Peso (COP$) |
| Exchange Rate, 2006 |
2,358 COP$/$ |
| Gross Domestic Product, 2006 |
US$136 billion [ * ] |
| Real Growth of GDP, 2006 |
6.8% |
| Annual Inflation, 2006 |
4,48% |
| Proven Reserves of Natural Gas, 2006 |
4,342.2 Giga cubic feet[ ** ] |
| Reserves of Coal, 2005 |
2,328 million metric tons |
| Generating Companies, 2006 |
36 |
| Transmission Companies, 2006 |
11 |
| Distribution Companies, 2006 |
32 |
| Commercialization Companies, 2006 |
67 |
| Generation Capacity, 2006 |
13.280 MW |
| Composition of the Generation Capacity |
66% hydraulic |
| 33% thermal |
| Energy Demand, 2006 |
50.815 GWh |
| Growth of Energy Demand, 2006 |
4,07% |
| Peak Demand, 2006 |
8.762 MW |
| Growth of Peak Demand, 2006 |
1,42% |
| Firm Energy for the Reliability Charge (declared by generators), 2006 |
60.6 TWh-year |
| Private Participation in the Generation Activity |
45% of the installed capacity |
| Public Participation in the Generation Activity |
55% of the installed capacity |
| International Interconnections |
Venezuela |
import capacity |
215 MW |
| export capacity |
285 MW |
| Ecuador |
import capacity |
205 MW |
| export capacity |
336 MW |
| Next in line Panamá |
Value of Transactions Implemented through
the MEM, 2006 |
US$ 2,848.4 million |
| Value (in Million USD) and Composition of the Transactions in the MEM, 2006 |
Spot Market |
527 (18,44%) |
| Capacity Charge |
535.8 (18,83%) |
| Bilateral Contracts |
1.614,2 (56,71%) |
| Mustrun Generation |
123,4 (4,34%) |
| AGC |
47,9 (1,69%) |
| Reliability Charge Remuneration for Generation Companies with declared ENFICC, 2007 |
US$ 685 million |
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| * |
Preliminary value reported by the National Statistics Department of Colombia (Departamento Administrativo Nacional de Estadística, DANE). |
| ** |
Source: Ecopetrol. |
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