
The electricity sector in Venezuela is heavily dependent on hydroelectricity, which accounted for 64% of the nation's electricity generation in 2021. Besides hydroelectric power, Venezuela also relies on and , contributing 25% and 11%, respectively, to the total electricity output that year. The country operates six hydroelectric plants, totaling a capacity of 16,010 megawatts (MW), with the Central Hidroeléctrica Guri in being the most significant, acco. [pdf]
In the short run, to guarantee reliable electricity access Venezuela will need to import fuel to supplement hydropower, for example in the form of a floating storage and regasification unit to provide natural gas for generation, as well as power generators.
Since 2009, there have been no official statistics on the electricity and energy sectors. Since the end of the 19th century, the production of electricity has been steadily growing in Venezuela. In between, there were some jolts due to prolonged droughts associated with the El Niño phenomenon.
In this paper, the collapse of Venezuela’s electricity system is analyzed. Two well-known recovery plans, the Venezuelan Electricity Sector Recovery Plan (VESRP) and the Country Plan Electricity (CPE), are described in detail, and their challenges are discussed in the context of the energy transition paradigm.
Since 2008 or even before, likely up to now, Venezuela has had an electric system in critical condition that is not able to satisfy the electricity demand, which has fallen because of the severe economic crisis, and offers very low-quality services.
While in May 2020 a new president was appointed to the state-owned electricity company, CORPOELEC (the post was previously occupied by the minister of electrical energy) the direction of Venezuela’s sole electricity body is still not independent from the state.
The government plan PDSEN 2020–2025 does not address the recovery of Venezuela’s electricity system. It is concluded that pragmatism is compelling both plans to restore the hydro-thermal dispatch model in force since the mid-1980 s, leaving aside the economic and environmental advantages of decarbonizing the electricity sector from the start.

The (IEC) supplies most of the electricity in the Palestinian territories. PETL is the sole buyer of imported electricity for distribution in West Bank Areas A and B and in the Gaza Strip, which in turn supplies the electricity to the six Palestinian distribution companies. In West Bank Area C, including the settlements, IEC supplies the electricity directly. In normal circumstances, IEC supplied 125 MW of electricity to the Gaza Strip via ten high volta. [pdf]
It buys electricity from the Palestine Power Generation Company (PPGC), IEC, and other neighboring countries, which is then distributed to the six Palestinian district electricity distribution companies. Structurally, Palestine does not have sufficient distribution companies or systems.
Future consumption of electricity is expected to reach 8,400 GWh by 2020 on the expectation that consumption will increase by 6% annually. The Palestinian Electricity Transmission Company (PETL), formed in 2013, is currently the sole buyer of electricity in the areas under Palestinian Authority (PA) control.
Palestinian energy demand increased rapidly, increasing by 6.4% annually between 1999 and 2005. Future consumption of electricity is expected to reach 8,400 GWh by 2020 on the expectation that consumption will increase by 6% annually.
In 1999, Palestine Electric Company (PEC) was formed in the Palestinian territories as a subsidiary of Palestine Power Company LLC to establish electricity generating plants in territories under PA control.
The Palestinian Electricity Transmission Company (PETL) was formed in 2013, and is currently the sole buyer of electricity in the Palestinian territories, though it effectively operates only in West Bank Areas A and B, where it buys electricity from IEC and some from Jordan. IEC distributes electricity in West Bank Area C.
Gaza's electricity is normally supplied by its sole diesel power plant, which has a nominal rating of 60-140 MW (figures vary due to degree of operation and damage to the plant) and which is reliant on crude diesel fuel, which is imported via Israel.

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