UNICOM / ENDE 23-03-2023.- Energy integration within the electricity sector between Bolivia and Argentina, allowed the main electricity company in the country, to be corporation, now International, this through its subsidiary Ende Transmission Argentina S.A.(Etasa) that constitutes a agent of the wholesale electricity market of Argentina and is in charge of the operation and maintenance of the international interconnection line Juana Azurduy de Padilla in the border section until the Tartagal substation in Argentine territory.

The ETASA company was constituted in January 2018 in order to provide the public service of International interconnection electricity transport between the Bolivia Frontier Node – Argentina and the Tartagal Transforming Station, located in the province of Salta, including its construction, operation and maintenance, as well as other activities related to facilities of the electricity industry, international interconnections and energy transport electric in international territory.

ETASA, worked on the construction of the transmission line on the Argentine side with an extension of 73.88 km in 132 kilowatts (KV) from the border node (Bolivia) to Tartagal (Argentina), touring sections in the rural and urban area.In addition, it included the expansion of the Tartagal Transformer Station with a bay for the entrance of the line from Bolivia.

In this way, it is now an international company and with energy integration projects with neighboring countries, there is opening for the state electricity to expand its operations to countries such as Brazil, Peru or Chile.