Tag: Yacyretá Binational Entity (EBY)

• Thursday, May 8th 2025 - 08:34 UTC

  Former Paraguayan President welcomes Milei's Yacyretá tariff adjustment

  

  Former Paraguayan President and Yacyretá Binational Entity (EBY) Director Nicanor Duarte Frutos said Argentine President Javier Milei's decree adjusting the energy tariff from US$ 17 to US$ 28 per megawatt-hour (MWh) was the right thing to do and insisted that the measure did not violate any treaty. It rather establishes an effective charge for energy consumption to be paid by his country's National Electricity Administration (ANDE) and the Wholesale Electricity Market Administration Company (CAMMESA).

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• Wednesday, May 7th 2025 - 10:55 UTC

  Milei adjusts Yacyretá tariff ahead of new operating agreement

  

  Argentine President Javier Milei signed Decree No. 303/2025, authorizing a new Operating Agreement for the Yacyretá Hydroelectric Power Plant, a binational entity co-owned by Argentina and Paraguay. The agreement sets a tariff increase from US$17 to US$28 per megawatt-hour (MWh) to optimize supply, ensure financial stability, and support technological modernization

• Thursday, February 20th 2025 - 10:29 UTC

  Argentina settles scores with Paraguayan side of Yacyretá

  

  The Paraguayan side of the Yacyretá Binational Entity (EBY) admitted Wednesday that Argentina now owed nothing after paying US$ 23 million earlier this week, although certain arrangements concerning US$ 50 million were still pending. Paraguay's EBY General Manager Luis Benítez also pointed out that a financial agreement would be signed next week to set the entity's accounts straight.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2023 - 08:05 UTC

  Tension between Argentina and Paraguay on the rise

  

  Tension between Argentina and Paraguay is on the rise after Economy Minister and presidential candidate Sergio Massa argued that his country had paid for the construction of the Yacyretá Dam between the 1980s and 1990s and was still owed “billions of dollars” for it.