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By René Ortiz. The recurring crisis of Ecuador’s electricity sector, after a series of years circumventing in one way or another the structural failure continues with the recognition that the industry still struggles with chronic underinvestment and aging infrastructure. Repeated short-term interventions have masked deeper systemic weaknesses, preventing meaningful long-term reform. Operational inefficiencies and financial imbalances have further intensified the instability a

The tariff deficit is defined as the gap between what it costs to generate, transport, distribute, and market electricity and what consumers actually pay for it under regulated pricing frameworks.