Super-power, puts an end to the war against fossil fuels

The recurring crisis in Ecuador’s electricity sector, after a series of years of navigating its fragility in one way or another existing of its generation, transmission, sub-transmission and distribution systems  , leaves the problem without a solution; perhaps the problem is reaching its peak, and there are sensible reasons, publicly discussed, analyzed, and recommended, to prevent the nation from facing the risk of repeating blackouts due to purely technical causes that could be overcome if the electricity sector operated freely within a realistic electricity market . ”existing , leaves the problem without an answer; perhaps, the problem is reaching its limit and there are sensible reasons publicly discussed, analyzed and recommended to prevent the nation from facing the risk of repeating blackouts due to purely technical causes that could be overcome if the electricity sector lived freely in a realistic electricity market for electrons .

But, the reality of the current electricity market, with all its flaws—planned but unfulfilledof the “current electricity market” with all its flaws: planned generation butpoorly conceived generation ; generation agreed upon with private operators but sabotaged by a parallel, self-serving bureaucracy; operational generators, but with alarm bells ringing due to the risk of turbine shutdowns , transmission lines, transformers, and more—is undeniably problematic. All of them, with the exceptions of the rule, are technologically obsolete, rendered unusable by the new manufacturing of modern parts, components, and equipment. If we add to this tragedy the union's "backward" attitude , the issue becomes even more complicated. However, the union does understand the problem, and I believe it can support the idea of ​​a new electricity system, of which it is already an integral part, to contribute positively to the great transformation of the "High-Tech" electricity market. Otherwise, things will continue as they are, and grimly so!Unfulfilled contracts ; poorly conceived but contracted generation ; generation agreed upon with private operators, but sabotaged by a parallel, complacent, and patronage-driven bureaucracy; operational generators, but with alarm bells ringing due to the risk of turbine shutdowns , transmission lines, transformers, and more. All—with the exceptions of the rule—technologically obsolete, unusable due to the new manufacturing of modern parts, components, and equipment. If we add to this tragedy the union's "backward" attitude , the issue becomes even more complicated, but the union does understand the problem, and I believe it can support the idea of ​​a new electrical system, of which it is already an integral part, to contribute positively to the great transformation of the "High-Tech" electricity market. Otherwise, things will continue as they are, and badly!

     Thus, with the ugly reality of the current electrical system so starkly described, there is no other option but to transform it, buy, sell and trade, creating a future market for electrons , without privileges.

Quito, June 16, 2025

In this context, it wouldn't be anything new for Ecuador to embark on something like a free market for " electrons ," since the massive electrification that planet Earth is committed to in the coming years has almost all the nations of the world aligned—with or without liking—in the inevitable task of transforming intoenergy consumption sustainableelectrons !Energy consumption using all available natural energy resources, converted into electrons !

But what about the "electricity market"—in quotes—since it's not a place where all stages operate under a logical technical condition of efficiency, effectiveness, and productivity to achieve a price—a "store value"—per kWh/ electron consumed? No, it's not possible with the current electricity system, complicated by the application of a variety of consumer "titles," arbitrarily and/or based on favoritism. The criterion of "simplicity" in a tariff method is nonexistent; instead, a strange and incomprehensible application for "dummies" (a term now adopted into Spanish to avoid saying simpletons) has taken hold. Unlike other activities where valuing the good achieves its purpose of profit and avoid loss, this simplifies the evaluation for the consumer, the service operator, the regulator, the auditor, and the tax authority. The generator produces the "electrons"; the transmitter transports the "electrons"; the distributor quotes and allocates the "electrons"; the consumer takes and uses their purchased and paid-for "electrons." And the tax authority collects taxes on the monetized "electrons." Now, all actors in the system can be compared using the same measure: "electrons." Ultimately, the goal is to have these "electrons" to support our way of life and align with the global electrification movement, as other nations are likely doing.

Don't worry, it's just a suggestion!

RGOrtiz, more than 40 years of experience in the technical fields of oil, natural gas, electricity and mining, environmentalism and energy diplomacy and private investments, professional life as Chairman of Boards of Private Companies, which is combined with public service, as Secretary General of OPEC; Minister of Energy and Mines of Ecuador, on two occasions; and, as President of Business Associations.