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Starting next Thursday, October 1, two new operators will begin to manage the energy system on the Caribbean coast after the departure of Electricaribe, which provided its services for 20 years in this region, the last being a true ordeal for its users. who constantly complained about their failures.
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The new operators are the companies Afinia of the EPM Group and the second, Aire of the Consorcio de Energía de la Costa, Enerpereira and Latin American Capital Corporation.
The companies will be responsible for 23% of Colombia’s energy demand. Affinia (Caribe Mar) will provide energy service to 1.51 million users in the departments of Bolívar, Sucre, Córdoba and Cesar. While Aire (Caribe Sol) will operate in Magdalena, La Guajira and Atlántico and, in total, will be responsible for the energy market of 1.2 million customers.
During an interview for Blu Radio, the Minister of Mines and Energy, Diego Mesa, stated that the national government expects “May this nightmare finally end for those 10 million inhabitants of seven departments on the Caribbean coast”.
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The official also explained that there will be a significant change gradually in the quality of the service and stressed that the companies “have proven experience in reaching new markets and managing the service delivery very well”.
“There must be a significant change in the quality of service. This is going to happen gradually. Nor can we be irresponsible to say that on October 1, when the switches are turned on, it completely changed“, Held.
On the other hand, he mentioned that they will monitor indicators such as the frequency and duration of cuts “which is something that has afflicted these seven departments of the coast”, He added.
This Tuesday morning the process will be formalized with the operator Aire, and at 1:00 in the afternoon the handover ceremony with the company Afinia, in Cartagena, is scheduled, as confirmed by the Ministry of Mines and Energy.
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Afinia, the new energy operator in the department of Cesar, announced that it will invest 8 billion pesos in the next 10 years men the electrical infrastructure of the 4 assigned departments. The company will have its main headquarters in Cartagena.
