During the 11th ordinary session of the Cesar Departmental Assembly, the Secretary of Mines and Energy, Carlos Ríos Vera, presented the list of territorial entities nominated before the Ministry of Mines and Energy for the ‘Energy Municipalities’ strategy.
In total there are 20 of 25: Aguachica, La Jagua de Ibirico, Agustín Codazzi, La Paz, Astrea, Manaure, Becerril, Pailitas, Bosconia, Pelaya, Chimichagua, Pueblo bello, Chiriguaná, Río de Oro, Curumaní, San Diego, El Copey , Valledupar and El Paso.
WHAT IS IT ABOUT?
The call closed on May 31 and the Ministry received more than 600 applications nationwide. This strategy aims to ensure that municipalities and their inhabitants have energy autonomy through the generation of renewable energy that they can transfer or use in schools, hospitals, aqueduct plants, parks and other official structures.
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According to information from Minminas, generation can occur, for example, in solar mini-farms with flat land of at least two hectares that are close to the distribution system and are owned by the municipalities, for an installed capacity of 1 MW. Another option is floor farms.
THE 5 MISSING
This may be one of the bets in the territories to lower the costs of electrical energy that the mayors must assume and that in the case of small municipalities represents a gap in the budget.
“There are 5 municipalities that have not registered, we have to verify what happened because when there were 2 days left to close González, San Alberto and San Martín told us that yes, then it must be a platform error because what we observed was that the 25 municipalities from Cesar had registered,” said Ríos Vera.
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Tamalameque and Gamarra are also not nominated. However, the secretary added that they hope to be successful in this work of Energy Municipalities.
In that session, deputy Claudia Margarita Zuleta stated that although it is necessary to know the general balance of the sector and especially this issue that is part of the energy transition commitment, since Cesar is a department dependent on the coal economy, More than an energy transition, a productive transition is required, for which, she believes, there is no “clear” position.
By EL PILÓN Editorial Staff.
