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Bogotá. – As of February 26, 2024, the level of power generation reservoirs in Colombia continues to fall and already stands at 45.32% of the useful volume, according to the most recent report from XM, operator of the National Interconnected System (SIN) and administrator of the Colombian Wholesale Energy Market.
This level, as of February 26, is 11.78 percentage points below the level reported on January 31 (57.10%) and 26.03 percentage points compared to the 71.35% reported at the end of January 2023.
Meanwhile, compared to the level reported in January 2016 (52.33%), the year in which the last El Niño Phenomenon occurred in the country, the level drops 7.01% and compared to the first month of 2015 (65.19%) it does so by 19.87 percentage points.
El Niño is a change in atmospheric dynamics caused by an increase in ocean temperature. Due to its location, in Colombia there are rains in some areas.
The National Government allocated a budget of $2.2 billion to attend to emergencies in the country, where attention has been prioritized in 176 municipalities due to their higher level of vulnerability.
When analyzing by regions, Antioquia’s reservoirs reached 48.14% of their capacity, with water contributions of 59.34%. In the Caribbean, the ratio was 65.85% and 88.10%, respectively.
