Metodologías complementarias para el seguimiento de comunidades energéticas en Colombia

The report describes two distinct but complementary tools for monitoring energy communities in Colombia: a national-scale longitudinal tracking tool by Transforma and a deep socioeconomic evaluation tool by ICSI. While Transforma's methodology focuses on the project life cycle (planning, construction, and operation) via community representatives, ICSI's approach uses household-level surveys to analyze territorial transformations. The document argues that using these tools in sequence or simultaneously provides a more robust diagnosis by combining organizational perspectives with real-world territorial conditions, as demonstrated by a pilot application in Tomarrazón, La Guajira.

• Transforma's methodology provides systematic, comparable information across the three stages of an energy community's life cycle—planning, construction, and operation—using a tool filled out by a community representative and a complementary household instrument.
• The ICSI methodology focuses on deep socioeconomic analysis of specific territories, utilizing household surveys to document observable changes over a period of 12 to 18 months.
• A pilot application of the ICSI tool in Tomarrazón, La Guajira, involving 218 beneficiary households, revealed that electricity service quality is inconsistent across the community and that there is a prevailing distrust of institutional energy information.
• The two methodologies converge on three central analytical dimensions: energy service quality and coverage, community governance (the ability to manage collective resources), and energy literacy (user understanding and willingness to participate).
• The document recommends prioritizing the joint application of these tools for communities transitioning between phases (e.g., from planning to construction) to better identify factors determining success or failure.

APA

Zapata, J., Hernando, D., Moreno, J., Castro, K., Rojo, S., & Parra, J. F. (n.d.). Metodologías complementarias para el seguimiento de comunidades energéticas en Colombia. Transforma. https://transforma.global/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/260610-Metodologias-complementarias-C.E-V2.pdf

Chicago

Zapata, Julian, Daniel Hernando, Jeanette Moreno, Karem Castro, Santiago Rojo, and Juan Felipe Parra. Metodologías complementarias para el seguimiento de comunidades energéticas en Colombia. Transforma, n.d. https://transforma.global/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/260610-Metodologias-complementarias-C.E-V2.pdf.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{zapatandmetodologas, author = {Zapata, Julian and Hernando, Daniel and Moreno, Jeanette and Castro, Karem and Rojo, Santiago and Parra, Juan Felipe}, title = {{Metodologías complementarias para el seguimiento de comunidades energéticas en Colombia}}, institution = {Transforma}, url = {https://transforma.global/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/260610-Metodologias-complementarias-C.E-V2.pdf}, urldate = {2026-08-17}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }