PROINVERSIÓN WILL AWARD 10 ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PROJECTS FOR US$ 1,100 MILLION IN 2023
Lima, March 13, 2023.- The Private Investment Promotion Agency (PROINVERSIÓN) announced that in 2023 it will award 10 electricity projects for more than US$ 1,100 million to support the country's economic growth. These projects will benefit 10 million people in 10 departments in its area of influence.
After the awarding of the Ica - Poroma Link and Cáclic - Jaén Link ITC electricity projects last January (US$ 132 million), the following projects will be the Piura Nueva - Frontera transmission line (US$ 217 million), Huánuco-Tocache-Celendín-Trujillo Link and Celendín-Piura Link (US$ 611 million), and two groups comprising five (5) projects for US$ 164 million (see table Nº 1).
In addition, the Ministry of Energy and Mines (MINEM), within the framework of the 2023 - 2032 Transmission Plan, has entrusted PROINVERSIÓN with 18 electricity transmission projects that will require an investment of more than US$ 900 million, and whose awards are scheduled for 2024.
"The development of these electricity transmission projects will strengthen the National Electric Interconnected System (SEIN) and will allow to take energy from the production centers (generation plants) to the consumption centers (companies and families) in an efficient way (lower costs) and with service quality (without interruptions)", commented PROINVERSIÓN's director of Project Portfolio, Emerson Castro.
These investments will increase the reliability and capacity of the national electricity system, which today has almost 30,000 kilometers of transmission lines, of which 16,000 kilometers are high-voltage networks (including 3,500 kilometers of 500 kV lines), necessary to minimize electricity losses and bring low-cost energy to areas where cheap energy is less available.
From 2001 to 2022, PROINVERSIÓN has carried out 37 concession processes for electricity projects (generation and transmission) through Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), generating investment commitments of more than US$ 9,000 million; in the case of transmission lines, it has developed 32 processes, executing investments of more than US$ 3,800 million.
The greatest boost was given since 2006 after the enactment of Law 28832 "Efficient
Development of Electricity Generation", which implemented the Transmission Plan as a mechanism for planning transmission investments with a 10-year outlook and is binding for investment decisions made during its validity.
ATTRACTIVE PROJECTS
PROINVERSIÓN's 2023 - 2024 electricity transmission PPP projects in its portfolio are expected to continue to attract the interest of investors in line with what has been observed in the last six (6) years, where in each process an average of five (5) bidders submitted their technical and economic offers. This attractiveness would be due, among others, to the predictability of the Peruvian market for this type of investment, since the costs of investment, operation and maintenance in electricity transmission projects are recognized through tariff charges paid by SEIN users, eliminating the demand risk for investors participating in the bids.
Secondly, the concession terms, which are generally 30 years, and the fact that the execution risks (definitive technical studies, financing, easements, permits and licenses, environmental certifications, among others) are assumed by the investors.
Thirdly, the technical quality and predictability of the private investment promotion processes developed by PROINVERSIÓN and that the projects to be tendered come from their previous evaluation in the Transmission Plan, which is updated every two (2) years with a 10-year outlook by the System Economic Operation Committee (COES) and approved by MINEM, prior opinion of OSINERGMIN.
Fourth, but not least, concessionaires can enter into legal stability agreements with the State, reducing their financial risks.
All of the above, in a context of continuous growth of the Peruvian economy -which has advanced at an average rate of 4.5% in the period 2000 - 2022, according to BCRP- has made these projects very attractive for private investment. In this regard, a positive performance of the electricity PPP project portfolio is expected for 2023 and 2024.
Table 1: ELECTRICITY TRANSMISSION PROJECTS 2023
N° | PROJECT | AMOUNT (in millions of US$) | AWARD |
---|---|---|---|
1-2 | 220 kV Ica - Poroma Link - 220 kV Cáclic - Jaén Link ITC | 132 | Awarded: I Quarter 2023 |
3 |
550 Kv Piura Nueva - Frontera Transmission Line |
217 | III Quarter 20233 |
4-5 | 500 kV Huanuco - Tocache - Celendin - Trujillo Link & 500 kV Celendin - Piura Link. | 611 | III Quarter 2023 |
6-10 | 220 kV Belaunde Terry - Tarapoto Norte Link; 500 kV San José - Yarabamba Link; 220 kV Piura Nueva - Colán Link ITC; 220 kV Lambayeque Norte ITC Substation with division; Piura Este Substation. | 163.5 | III Quarter 2023 |
Source: Press Release - PROINVERSIÓN