Venezuela’s National Electric System (SEN) is experiencing a new crisis due to increased domestic consumption. Engineer Elías Matta proposes the recovery and reactivation of inactive power plants as a way to resolve the blackouts.

The energy specialist “presented a technical analysis demonstrating that Venezuela has twice the installed capacity needed to meet national demand.” However, the fact that numerous plants are inactive causes a deficit of 2,160 megawatts (MW), a figure that coincides with the volume of current power rationing.

According to Matta, reactivating 10 % of the capacity would inject the 2,160 megawatts currently needed into the National Electric System (SEN), thus resolving the rationing currently in place across much of Venezuela.

His analysis of the current electricity situation leads to a plan that includes key steps:

• Payment of commitments allocating $3.5 billion to settle debts with the Inter-American Development Bank and CAF.
• Leveraging obtaining $12 billion in loans at low interest rates.
• Prioritize investment initiating the reconstruction of the electrical system and the drinking water service.

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Source: elnacional

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