Colombia electricity prices
The residential electricity price in Colombia is
COP 890.820 per kWh or USD 0.240.
The electricity price for businesses is
COP 864.580 kWh or
USD 0.232.
These retail prices were collected in June 2025 and include the cost of power, distribution and transmission, and all taxes and fees.
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Historical quarterly data, along with the latest update from December 2025 are available for download.
Sources: Banco de la República, Colombia, Comisión de Regulación de Energía y Gas (CREG), Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), Enel Colombia
Electricity price analysis for Colombia
- Residential electricity prices in Colombia are 134.15% of the world average electricity price and 139.36% of the average price in South America.
- Business electricity rates in Colombia are 138.75% of the world average price and 163.88% of the average in South America.
- Household rates are 99.99% of the business rates.
- Electricity prices paid by small businesses in Colombia are 115.88% of the prices paid by big businesses.
- The price paid by households with low electricity consumption is 33.97% of the price paid by households with high electricity consumption.
The energy mix of Colombia
Based on the United States Energy Information Adminstration data from 2022, electricity in Colombia is produced from the following sources: fossil fuels 28.80%,
wind 0.07%,
solar 0.40%,
hydro 70.73%,
nuclear 0.00%, and
geothermal 0.00%.
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