- CEO
- Paulina Guzmán Trujillo
- Sector
- Utilities
- Industry
- Electric utilities
- Address
- Santiago Chile
- IPO Date
- Jun 28, 1982
- Business
- Compañía Eléctrica del Litoral S.A. (BCS: LITORAL) is a Chilean electric utility company primarily engaged in the distribution, commercialization, and supply of electrical energy. Founded on June 7, 1949, and headquartered in Algarrobo, Chile, the company operates as a regulated electricity concessionaire serving residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal end-users across an operational concession area of approximately 165 square kilometers in the coastal zone of the Valparaíso Region, encompassing the municipalities of Algarrobo, El Quisco, and El Tabo, alongside the communities of Quintay, San Sebastián, and northern Cartagena. Compañía Eléctrica del Litoral S.A. operates as a subsidiary of Chilquinta Energía S.A., which maintains a 76.48% controlling interest, and is ultimately owned by State Grid International Development Limited, a unit of State Grid Corporation of China. The company provides a comprehensive portfolio of utility products and electric infrastructure services, including low-voltage and medium-voltage electric power distribution to regulated and non-regulated customers; grid connection, reconnection, and capacity expansion services; installation, testing, and maintenance of digital and electromechanical electricity meters; operation, preventive maintenance, and emergency repair of medium- and low-voltage electrical distribution networks and transformation substations; grid interconnection management for distributed generation systems under national net billing frameworks; municipal public lighting maintenance and energy efficiency technical support; 24/7 emergency dispatch and fault clearance services; and digital customer account management, electronic invoicing, and remote payment platforms. In recent major corporate changes, the company completed a structural division to comply with Chile's Law 21.194 (the Distribution Short Law), spinning off its electricity transmission assets into a separate corporate vehicle, Litoral Transmisión S.A., to establish an exclusive corporate purpose for regulated distribution operations. In recent operational developments, Compañía Eléctrica del Litoral S.A. continues to execute system modernization and grid strengthening programs focused on network automation, installation of remote-controlled sectionalizers, pole and conductor reinforcements, automated customer service channels, and expanded capacity to manage peak seasonal load variations associated with the coastal tourism market.