According to Arrobo, all actions are being taken so that this period of power outages is not extended, although she detailed that rationing will continue in January and February.

On Wednesday, Arrobo will travel to Colombia to meet with the Colombian Energy Minister in order to negotiate conditions for purchasing electricity.

Local authorities stated Ecuador buys from Colombia about 400 megawatts per day of energy at an average of USD$500 each, equivalent to about USD$200,000 per day for such imports.

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