Atlántico, el que más retrocedió en índice de pobreza energética, IMPE
Promigas y su Fundación Promigas presentaron la III edición del Índice Multidimensional de Pobreza Energética (IMPE), una herramienta desarrollada con la firma Inclusión SAS para medir la pobreza energética, entendida como una condición en la que confluyen una acumulación de privaciones que limitan la posibilidad de las personas de realizar actividades esenciales mediadas por el uso de la energía.
TL;DR
- Energy poverty in Colombia decreased from 16.1% in 2023 to 15.4% in 2024, an improvement for over 300,000 people.
- Bogotá showed the most significant progress, reducing its energy poverty rate from 3.1% to 1.4%.
- Critical situations persist in peripheral regions like La Guajira, Putumayo, and Chocó, where energy poverty rates are significantly higher than the national average.
- Atlántico experienced the most pronounced deterioration, with an increase in energy poverty affecting an additional 162,400 people, primarily due to worsened electricity service quality.
- Promigas proposes four actions to achieve a single-digit energy poverty rate by 2030: improving electricity quality, advancing the substitution of firewood, increasing basic appliance distribution, and ensuring electricity access in all schools.
- Access and quality of energy remain the primary structural challenge for energy poverty, especially in departments like Sucre, Córdoba, and Guainía.