Comunidades energéticas, estrategia para la transición energética en Colombia

Abstract

This article incites the academic, scientific and service provision community to reflect on the opportunities that Colombia currently has with the latent option of establishing “energy communities”, one of the starting points for the energy transition.

From this approach, the energy transition would be seen as a territorial construction and/or vision, of competencies and very particular, about the path to be followed by an energy community to become environmentally fair. An inclusive transition, which creates opportunities, which maximizes benefits and optimizes costs, which assumes challenges for the preservation and conservation of the environment (cultural, natural and social environment) and which manages its own development.  

Colombia and the world have moved forward with the formulation of some policies and provision of financing to give rise to the energy transition. Specifically, at a global level there are already some energy communities in operation and they are about to be formed in the country. In this regard, the relevant regulation is being advanced by the current Government and some local initiatives to be finalized.

On the other hand, it is appropriate for the electricity sector to heed the call for attention, not only to have initiatives for the formation of energy communities, but to face the challenge of determining the technologies that ensure environmental justice for those same communities. Finally, some needs are stated to directly address a success model for an energy community and the opportunities that exist in Colombia to take advantage of related to the capabilities that the territory offers.

Palabras claves: Comunidad energética, transición energética, justicia ambiental, justicia tarifaria.