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Venezuela

With a power score of 0.76, Venezuela ranks number 104 among Emerging Markets and number 20 in the Latin America region

Power score

0.76/5

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Score over time

2023 - 2024

105
2023
104
2024

Overview

Venezuela has a power score of 0.76, which puts it at rank 104 in the Emerging Markets power ranking. In comparison to 2023, Venezuela has improved in the power rankings by 1 place, from rank 105, to rank 104.

At 0.76, the power score of Venezuela is worse than than the regional average of 1.93 in the Latin America region and puts it at rank 20 in the region.

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Venezuela

Power

Power policy

Venezuela implements policies in 1/9 power policy categories tracked by Climatescope, including , and Renewable energy target.

Power policies

Renewable energy target
Renewable energy auction
Feed-in tariff
Net metering
Import tax incentives
VAT incentives
Priority grid access
Renewables mandate
Renewable Energy Certificates

Power prices and costs

The average electricity price in Venezuela has increased from 77.00 USD/MWh in 2022 to 111.81 USD/MWh in 2023. Since 2017, the average electricity price in Venezuela has fluctuated between 50.18 USD/MWh (2017) and 111.81 USD/MWh (2023).

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Power market

The top amount of capacity installed in Venezuela in 2023 was in Large Hydro at 51.98%, down from 51.99% in 2022. The technology with the biggest increase in capacity installed in 2023 was Onshore wind at 0.17%, up from 0.15% in 2022.

Installed capacity (in MW)

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The top amount of electricity generated in Venezuela in 2023 was in Large Hydro at 64.04%.

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Utility privatisation

Which segments of the power sector are open to private participation?

generation: Yes
transmission: No
retail: No

Doing business and barriers

Type

Question

Availability

Currency of PPAs

Are other PPAs (eg. corporate PPAs) signed in or indexed to U.S. Dollars or Euro?

No

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Question

Availability

Bilateral power contracts

Can a C&I (Commercial and Industrial) customer sign a long-term contract (PPA) for clean energy?

No

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Question

Availability

Fossil fuel price distortions - Subsidies

Does the government keep the wholesale price of electricity from fossil fuels artificially low through subsidies?

No

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Question

Availability

Fossil fuel price distortions - Taxes and carbon prices

Does the government significantly increase the wholesale price of electricity from fossil fuel through targeted taxes and/or carbon prices?

No

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