WORLDWIDE MARKET RESEARCH REPORT - CISE

EC/IST FP6 Project No 026920
Work Package: 6
Type of document: Report
Date: 20.12.2007
File name: OP_WP6_D37_V1.0.doc Version: 1.0
Title: Worldwide Market Research Report 82 / 356
5.1.5.2.4 Paraguay
• Operator
- ANDE
In 2000, ANDE had 963,815 users connected to his network. Of which, a 83.65% were
residential clients (806.231). 5 people are considered/calls to account, which gives a total of
connected population to the network of ANDE equal 4.031.156 people whom, on the
considered total population (5.500.000 inhabitants) a percentage gives to a total of 73.3%
electrification.
ANDE considers that the electrification index is of a 83% but, for it, considers the total of
users (including commercial and industrial), which is incorrect.
Although the amount of users directly connected to the network of ANDE is around 73.3%,
as it calculated, is due to consider, as they detect independent studies to it, that many rural
users of popular districts or areas connect themselves to the network through neighbors,
number that arrives, in certain cases, until a 10% of the total.
In addition, the residential users of average and high economic layers, when the network
does not arrive from ANDE, auto-generate their electrical necessities by own account.
Although these layers are a minority in the rural areas not yet electrified.
It can be considered, for that reason, that the electrification index is around 80% in all the
country.
Whereas the electrification index is superior to 95% in urban areas, it is probable that in rural
areas it is around 60%, as they prove recent studies.
At least in the Eastern Region (40% of the surface of the country), where 97% live on the
population, all the main urban centers are connected to ANDE and the rural areas next to
the network.
In the Region Occidental or Chaco (60% of the national territory), where 3% live on the
population, are also electrified the more important towns and productive areas, connected to
ANDE.