From Energy Abundance to Blackouts: Political Explanations for Ecuador’s 2024 Electricity Crisis

• In Event: Energy Politics in the Global South

Brief Overview

This paper examines the 2024 energy crisis in Ecuador and its potential political explanations, specifically the connection of the crisis with the overreliance on hydropower generation on the country and the severe droughts of that year.

Authors

• Selene Diaz Martinez, University of New Mexico, Main Campus

• Jami Nelson-Nunez, University of New Mexico, Main Campus

• Brisa Guadalupe Souza Amado de Carvalho, University of New Mexico, Main Campus