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The Chamber of Deputies and Deputies approved only in general the bill initiated in motion that prohibits the installation and operation of coal-fired thermoelectric plants in Chile as of December 31, 2025.
The legal initiative consists of a single article that prohibits the installation and operation of coal-fired thermoelectric generation plants throughout the national territory.
Additionally, a transitory provision indicates that this law will take effect on December 31, 2025 for coal-fired thermoelectric generation plants that are less than thirty years old.
Because the motion was the object of indications, after adding 145 affirmative votes, two negative and five abstentions, returned to the Commission for the Environment and Natural Resources.
In Chile there are 28 coal-fired thermoelectric plants in operation with an installed power of 5,529 MW, mainly concentrated in Iquique, Mejillones, Tocopilla, Huasco, Puchuncaví, Curicó, Hualpén and Coronel.
In August, the The government highlighted its full support for decarbonization, but insisted that the deadlines cannot be advanced.
The Executive said at that time to see with good eyes the substance of the proposal -that is, the elimination of the use of coal for power generation- but exposed a difference of perspective on the subject: he estimated that if the initiative is approved as was presented, it would generate a series of externalities ranging from energy to economic aspects.
“There are no differences of opinion, but in how this purpose is achieved,” said the Minister of Energy two months ago, Juan Carlos Jobet, explaining that the project has five serious problems: “More than 13 thousand jobs would be lost, high risk of electricity rationing, rising electricity bills, very high risk of lawsuits against the State and constitutional defects.”
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