• August 8, 2021
    AHORA EL PUEBLO: Corruption and mismanagement damaged ENDE during Añez’s management
    As in other public companies, the de facto regime of Jeanine Añez generated serious damage to the National Electricity Company (ENDE) Corporation and its subsidiaries, with the decrease in income, the stoppage of projects, excessive increase in personnel, irregular hiring and purchases of goods and materials, mismanagement and others. Since President Luis Arce Catacora assumed the Government, on November 8, 2019, the new administration of ENDE Corporación, through its different subsidiaries, undertook several audits of the management of the de facto regime, the results of which were presented in a formal manner. gradual.
  • August 6, 2021
    FM ALBA: They will restart the work for the Yaguacua-Tartagal electrical interconnection
    Province announced that it will resume the electrical interconnection work that will link the Yaguacua Thermoelectric Station with the Tartagal Transformer Station, which represents the union of the Argentine Interconnection System; SADI; with Bolivia. The work will restart in the next few days and it is expected to finish in the month of November. The agreement to carry out the union was signed in 2015. During the de facto government of Jeanine Áñez, the works were interrupted despite the progress registered, more than 70 percent, in laying the line. In a virtual meeting, the Secretary of Mining and Energy of Salta, Flavia Royón; the general manager of the Bolivian National Electricity Company (ENDE) Ing. Jorge Durandal; and the project manager ENDE Transmission Argentina S.A. Ing. René Córdova, agreed on the technical guidelines to advance in the completion of the work of the High Voltage Line (LAT 132 kV) Yaguacua-Tartagal (Juana Azurduy de Padilla). The work will restart in the next few days and its completion is scheduled for next November.
  • August 4, 2021

    ENDE Transmisión SA, a subsidiary of ENDE Corporación, is executing the Project “Electric Transmission Line 500 kV Carrasco – Santivañez and Associated Substations”, the first infrastructure in extra high electrical voltage in the country, which marks a historical milestone in the construction and subsequent maintenance of this type of lines, since it represents a technological leap in the transport of electric energy, which puts Bolivia at the level of the electricity sector of the neighboring countries of the South American continent.

    The construction of this project was reactivated by the current government, after it was paralyzed in 2020 by the previous government administration and by the pandemic.

    The project that to date presents a physical execution of 81%, consists of the construction of a Transmission Line in 500,000 Volts, a simple triple with a bundle of 4 conductors per phase, its length is approximately 235.4 km. This line will connect the Carrasco Substation (existing), which is close to the Carrasco and Entre Ríos Thermoelectric Plants, with the expansion of the Santivañez II Substation located in the Santivañez area. It should be noted that this power line is built with completely Bolivian design, engineering and labor, allowing the generation of jobs in the project’s areas of influence.

    This important project, whose conclusion is scheduled for the first semester of 2022, will strengthen the transmission of the electricity system in the central and eastern axis, providing greater reliability to the National Interconnected System (SIN), to guarantee the constitutional precept of universal access to basic service Of electricity.

    Likewise, this project will consolidate the first step for the export of surplus electricity to neighboring countries. This fact will allow the country to generate additional resources, also allowing a better use of the generation of the system, which will be reflected in a lower operating cost and gas consumption.

  • July 21, 2021
    NUEVO SUR: GADT Bankruptcy Will Be Overcome If Creditors Have Patience
    The bankruptcy of the Autonomous Departmental Government of Tarija (GADT) will be overcome if creditors have patience to wait for the payment of the debt, although at the same time the debt of this institution, instead of decreasing, continues to increase due to the appearance of new collections. (…) SETAR-ENDE: Regarding the meeting with ENDE, the governor reported that it was established that Setar owes the energy providers since 2019, some 140 million Bolivians, they will start reconciling accounts, from now on the energy consumption.
  • July 20, 2021
    EL PAÍS: Bermejo will be integrated into the national interconnected system in May 2022
    The governor of the department of Tarija, Oscar Montes Barzón, confirmed that after a meeting with the National Electricity Company (ENDE) held in Cochabamba last week, it was determined that Bermejo will join the National Interconnected System (SIN) since May of 2022 after Servicios Eléctricos de Tarija (Setar) builds an electric station that allows the current of the electric line to be lowered from 120 thousand volts to 25 thousand volts to distribute it to the border population.
  • LA VOZ DE TARIJA: Governor Montes: “Bermejo will connect to the SIN in May 2022”
    Governor Oscar Montes has reported that after a meeting with the National Electricity Company (ENDE) it has been determined that Bermejo will connect with the National Interconnected System (SIN) in May 2022.
  • EL PERIÓDICO: Until June 2022 Bermejo will be interconnected to the SIN
    The departmental assemblyman Luis Lema, informed that until June 2022 Bermejo will be interconnected to the SIN, later Setar will have to put the electric power generators.
  • July 19, 2021
    NUEVO SUR: Tarija owes ENDE more than Bs 300 million for interconnection and other
    The department of Tarija owes the National Electricity Company (ENDE) more than 300 million bolivianos, according to Governor Oscar Montes Barzón who met with it, did not go into details, with the criterion that this Monday he will give details to the population. “On Monday we are going to make an explanation to the entire town of Tarija, especially what we have as pending accounts with ENDE, but there are more than 300 million Bolivians that Tarija owes, so on Monday, if you allow me”, ad.
  • July 10, 2021
    LOS TIEMPOS: Two former YPFB employees are apprehended for alleged diversion of $ us 1.2 MM
    Two former employees of Yacimientos Petrolifos Fiscales Bolivia (YPFB), identified as Ely CQ and Elizabeth GC, were apprehended yesterday in the framework of the case of emergency medical units against the coronavirus (UMEC program), in which economic damage would have been generated to the Status of $ 1.21 million. (…) Complaints in ENDE. The manager of ENDE Transmission, a subsidiary of ENDE Corporación, Jorge Durandal, reported that signs of uneconomic conduct were identified by executives of the transitional government. The complaint was filed with the Public Prosecutor’s Office against three senior former executives of the company.
  • EL PAÍS: ENDE Transmisión denounces abuses in Áñez’s management
    The general manager of ENDE Transmission, Jorge Durandal, reported this Friday that, after the conclusion of the preliminary report of an audit, indications of uneconomic conduct were identified in the company by executives of the government of Jeanine Áñez during 2020.