El Vigia – Buena Vista Line is a 400kV overhead line from El Vigia, Merida, Venezuela, to Buena Vista, Zulia, Venezuela.

Construction works on the El Vigia – Buena Vista Line started in 2017 and the project was commissioned in 2018.

Description

The El Vigia – Buena Vista Line, which is an overhead line, is being operated by Corporacion Electrica Nacional. The El Vigia – Buena Vista Line is an upgrade line. The line carries alternating current (AC) through double circuit cable.

El Vigia – Buena Vista Line project development status

The development of the El Vigia – Buena Vista Line project was approved by Ministry for the Power of the People for the Electric Energy in 2017 and the project works were completed in 2018.

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About Corporacion Electrica Nacional

La Corporacion Electrica Nacional, S.A. (CORPOELEC) is a fully integrated state power corporation. It undertakes the generation, transmission, distribution and commercialization of electric power and energy. CORPOELEC controls all major electricity companies in Venezuela including CADAFE, CALIFE, EDELCA, ENELBAR, CVG, ENELVEN, ENELCO, SENECA, CALEY, ELEBOL, EDC, ELEVAL, ELEGUA, and ENAGAS. It also supervises Electrificacion del Caroni (EDELCA), which supplies around three-quarters of the country’s total electricity supply. CORPOELEC is headquartered in Caracas, Venezuela.

Methodology

All publicly-announced T&D Line & Substation projects included in this analysis are drawn from GlobalData’s Power IC. The information regarding the projects is sourced through secondary information sources such as country specific utility players, company news and reports, statistical organisations, regulatory body, government planning reports and their publications and is further validated through primary from various stakeholders such as power utility companies, consultants, energy associations of respective countries, government bodies and professionals from leading players in the power sector.