The Chilean government officially presented the Energy Roadmap 2026-2030 , a document that establishes the sector's priorities for the coming years and sets as one of its main objectives achieving a peak of 100% renewable generation in the National Electric System (SEN) by 2030.
Currently, the peak renewable generation achieved by the National Electric System (SEN) reached 84.4% in 2025, while nearly two-thirds of the country's annual electricity generation already comes from renewable sources. However, the system faces critical transmission constraints, record curtailments, and a lack of operational flexibility.
In fact, over 6,000 GWh of renewable energy were lost to grid congestion in 2025, primarily in the north of the country. Faced with this situation, the Ministry of Energy is proposing structural reforms aimed at modernizing the electricity market and accelerating enabling investments for the energy transition.
“Without energy, there is no development. Energy is an enabling condition for improving the lives of families, driving development, strengthening the country's security, and moving towards a just, safe, and sustainable energy transition,” stated Minister Ximena Rincón during the presentation of the roadmap.
The Executive's strategy includes regulatory reforms, transmission expansion, energy storage, development of distributed generation, and streamlining of permits for strategic projects.
One of the key changes will be a reform of the electricity transmission system. The government will introduce modifications to the tariff scheme to promote more efficient use of the grid and reduce congestion levels that currently limit the transmission of renewable energy.
In parallel, strategic transmission works will be prioritized through advance planning mechanisms, including "Border Studies", with the aim of accelerating key infrastructure for the energy transition.
Another key focus will be the modernization of the wholesale electricity market. The Ministry of Energy will promote regulatory changes to adapt the system to an increasingly renewable and variable energy mix, incorporating measures that incentivize flexibility, backup power, and energy storage.
The government also acknowledges that the phase-out of coal-fired power plants is reducing essential technical attributes for the system's operation, such as inertia and backup capacity. Therefore, the roadmap incorporates a push for technologies capable of providing stability, including energy storage and geothermal generation.
In terms of distributed generation, the Energy Roadmap sets the goal of reaching 1 GW installed under Net Billing by 2030. Currently, the country has 498.2 MW under this scheme, so the objective implies doubling the installed capacity in less than five years.
In addition , 65,000 new photovoltaic solar systems for self-consumption have been installed in residential, commercial, agricultural, industrial, hospital, and public sectors. According to SEC data, there were 41,694 such connections in Chile as of April 2026.
The agenda also includes implementing seven community and cooperative energy projects, directly benefiting more than 1,000 homes through shared distributed generation models.
Investment, permits and storage: the other pillars of the strategy
Another focus of the Energy Roadmap will be to accelerate investments considered strategic for the energy transition. By the end of 2025, there were energy projects undergoing environmental assessment worth more than $47 billion .
In that context, the Ministry of Energy will coordinate a permanent inter-ministerial committee to prioritize 20 strategic energy projects and reduce regulatory uncertainty associated with permits and procedures.
Currently, approval times exceed 450 days on average, one of the main concerns of the industry to finalize new investments in renewables and infrastructure.
“This roadmap does not aim to solve all the challenges overnight, but rather to set the course: to stabilize people's finances, continue improving the quality of supply, reduce energy poverty, accelerate the transition, enable infrastructure, unlock investment, and modernize the State,” said Minister Rincón.
The Energy Roadmap 2026-2030 was structured around six pillars: competitive and fair energy; security and resilience; energy transition; enabling infrastructure; energy as an engine of investment; and institutional modernization.
As part of this latter line of work, the Ministry of Energy, the National Energy Commission (CNE), the Superintendency of Electricity and Fuels (SEC) and the Chilean Nuclear Energy Commission (CCHEN) signed an Agreement for an Integrated Energy System to strengthen institutional coordination and data integration in the sector.