Itaipu will compensate ANDE’s further expense to keep up consumer charges, Sosa acknowledged

Asunción, IP Company.- The rise within the energy charge of Itaipu Binacional won’t symbolize a further value for the Nationwide Electrical energy Administration (ANDE), acknowledged its proprietor Félix Sosa. The rise will likely be coated with the assets generated by the hydroelectric plant.

With the brand new charge, Itaipu on the Paraguayan aspect will obtain round US$650 million per yr for social and environmental bills. These assets will likely be used to offset the extra value it represents for ANDE, Sosa mentioned this Monday in an interview with Paraguay TV.

The settlement between Paraguay and Brazil establishes an power gross sales charge of US$ 19.28 kW/month for the interval 2024-2026. In relation to final yr’s charge (US$ 16.71 kW/month), it represents a further cost of US$ 73 million for ANDE, defined Sosa.

«That’s going to be coated from that fund of US$ 650 million. Will probably be transferred to ANDE for the needs of compensating for this extra value, exactly in order that this charge doesn’t have an effect on the purchasers’ charges,” he mentioned.

Speed up funding plan

With the rise within the assets of the binational, the Authorities goals to speed up ANDE’s precedence investmentsdeliberate for 2030, within the subsequent three years so as to have the capability to have 100% of the power that corresponds to the nation of the Itaipu Binacional.

For this yr, a rise of the US$ 300 million invested final yr is predicted to US$ 370 millionSosa reported.