- CEO
- Iván Quezada Escobar
- Full Time Employees
- 1,347
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Electric utilities
- Address
- Las Condes Chile
- IPO Date
- Jul 20, 2016
- Business
- Compania General de Electricidad S.A. (CGE) is a Chile-based electric utility company engaged primarily in the distribution, transmission, and commercialization of electrical energy for residential, commercial, and industrial end-users. Founded in 1905 and headquartered in Santiago, Chile, the company operates as a subsidiary of State Grid International Development Limited, a unit of State Grid Corporation of China. CGE serves more than three million clients across 14 administrative regions throughout northern, central, and southern Chile, spanning from the Arica y Parinacota Region to the Araucania Region, as well as parts of the Santiago Metropolitan Region. The company provides a systematic portfolio of electricity utility services and power infrastructure solutions, which includes high-, medium-, and low-voltage electricity distribution; power transmission system operations and grid wheeling; high-voltage substation maintenance and power transformer engineering; technical interconnection services for distributed generation and small-scale renewable facilities (PMGD); smart metering installation, remote meter reading, and energy consumption telemetry; power factor correction, voltage stabilization, and power quality diagnostic services; commercialization of regulated electricity tariffs and customized supply contracts for non-regulated industrial clients; street lighting infrastructure management; and 24/7 technical emergency response and preventive line maintenance. In recent operational developments, CGE has advanced substantial capital expenditure programs focused on network modernization, grid digitalization, and climate resilience, featuring large-scale deployment of automated remote-controlled switches and grid-hardening initiatives to mitigate wildfire risks in central and southern concessions. Following its acquisition by State Grid Corporation of China and the subsequent regulatory divestment of its high-voltage transmission subsidiary CGE Transmision S.A., the company has concentrated its corporate strategy on reinforcing medium- and low-voltage distribution networks to accommodate the accelerated integration of non-conventional renewable energy (NCRE) sources and support national electrification goals.