The Paraguayan government is negotiating $1.3 billion in loans with CAF, the Inter-American Development Bank, the World Bank and JICA for infrastructure, energy and logistics projects, with $700 million earmarked for the Ministry of Public Works and Communications.
Administración Nacional de Electricidad
ANDE is Paraguay's state electricity utility. It operates much of the power grid and is central to debates about tariffs, investment, and the use of Paraguay's hydropower.
Paraguay’s Public Prosecutor’s Office asked the courts to annul 144 demonstrably forged teaching diplomas and subsequently cancel the professional registrations linked to them. The investigation covers 525 suspicious documents and could hold beneficiaries, institutions and public officials involved accountable.
ANDE has halted negotiations with ATOME to supply power to the green hydrogen and fertilizer plant in Villeta, deeming it unsustainable to maintain the proposed fixed tariff for 15 years, while Sitrande challenges the state utility’s reorganization and warns of risks to the electricity sector.
Paraguay discusses reform of state-owned ANDE and risk of energy deficit by 2032, with proposals including splitting the company into multiple corporations and creating a regulatory body, while experts warn of delays in projects and rising demand.
Electricity consumption in Paraguay grew 18.2% in the first seven months of 2026, straining the system and leading ANDE to accelerate infrastructure projects, while the new Puerto Esperanza power plant marks the beginning of solar energy integration into the national grid.
An ABC Color investigation reports that a Singapore company less than a year old with an opaque structure offered $70 per MW to ANDE, more than double the price negotiated with Atome. The report identifies inconsistencies in the documentation and questions about the company’s investment capacity.
The Paraguayan government presented bills to create a Ministry of Mines and Energy and an electricity sector regulatory body, with broad private sector support viewing the measure as crucial for attracting investments.
Paraguay recorded a 40% increase in foreign direct investment in 2025, driven by hydropower and telecommunications, while the government launches strategies like the 'Industrial Revolution' to attract more capital and double GDP with sectoral reforms.
Paraguay's National Electricity Administration (ANDE) maintains suspended two strategic financial projects — energy sales to Brazil and a $198 million bond issuance — while focusing efforts on internal debt renegotiation programs and warning about the inclusion of defaulters in the Equifax credit bureau.
Paraguay and the United States signed a memorandum for cooperation in civil nuclear energy, aiming to prepare the country to eventually adopt small-scale reactors and explore its uranium reserves, seeking to meet the growing energy demand projected for the next decade.
Paraguay's state electricity utility ANDE has kept two strategic projects stalled for years: the sale of energy from the Acaray plant to Brazil and the issuance of its own bonds, both without an official completion schedule.
ANDE is conducting studies to define a new technical, unique, and transparent tariff scheme for both industries, based on voltage level, and residences, aiming for the company's financial sustainability.
President Santiago Peña has appointed Miguel Báez Reyes as the head of Paraguay's state electricity utility ANDE, replacing Félix Sosa. The government states the move is intended to unblock investments, but unions and the opposition link it to pressure for a preferential tariff contract with the company Atome.
Paraguay's electricity demand grew by 18.3% in the first half of 2026, with supply being led by the Itaipú, Yacyretá, and Acaray hydroelectric plants, while the state-owned utility ANDE reinforces its commitment to infrastructure projects for a more reliable service.
Former Itaipú director Gladys Benegas points out that regulatory failures, such as the overlapping functions of the state utility ANDE and a lack of tariff predictability, are hindering private investment in Paraguay's energy sector.
Paraguay recorded deflation of 0.3% in June, leading price stability in the region, while its energy exports fell 12.3% in the first half of the year due to increased domestic consumption.
Strong winds in Paraguay have caused widespread power outages, multi-million-dollar agricultural losses in Caaguazú, and wildfires that have burned hundreds of hectares in Misiones, as authorities work to restore normalcy.
ANDE, Paraguay's state electricity utility, seized nine cryptocurrency mining machines from an illegal power connection in Ciudad del Este during an operation investigating the irregular use of electricity.
Law 6534/2020 in Paraguay requires credit bureaus to include positive payment histories, limits the registration of defaults to five years, and prohibits the use of this data for employment purposes or to deny medical care. Meanwhile, the National Administration of Electricity (ANDE), Paraguay's state power utility, will begin reporting customers with overdue accounts.
ANDE, Paraguay's state electricity utility, will report 10,000 delinquent customers to Equifax to force debt payments, while simultaneously maintaining its payment flexibility campaign.
ANDE, Paraguay's state electricity utility, received bids of up to US$110 million in tenders for two substations, processes marked by technical challenges among the competing consortia.
Opposition Senator Rafael Filizzola accuses the Peña administration of a lack of control and impunity in corruption cases, citing as examples the irregular deposit of IPS (the social security institute) funds in Ueno Bank, the alleged leniency towards former Seprelad (Secretariat for Money Laundering Prevention) head Óscar Boidanich, the shelving of complaints regarding Itaipú, and the president's acquittal in an asset investigation.
ANDE, Paraguay's state electricity utility, has begun a socioeconomic census to determine financial compensation for 165 landowners affected by the easement for the new Valenzuela-Guarambaré transmission line, a 70-km project financed by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) that will cross five municipalities.
Paraguay has initiated talks with the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to establish the foundations for a nuclear energy program, aiming to diversify its energy matrix, which is currently dominated by hydropower.