Bolivarian Government announces start of operations at TZ1 Termozulia plant

Published at: 22/01/2026 09:20 PM

This week, the TZ1 plant in Termozulia, with a capacity of generating up to 150 MW, entered test operations, according to Jorge Eliécer Márquez, Vice President of Public Works and Minister of Popular Power for Electric Energy.

“We are finishing the tests but now, right now, they are being generated,” said Márquez, who, this Wednesday, January 21, supervised the comprehensive maintenance and infrastructure replacement work on the number 1 El Tablazo—Cuatricentenario transmission line in the company of the governor of Zulia Luis Caldera, reviewed the regional press.

The official added that the El Tablazo-Cuatricentenario line will undergo a preventive and corrective maintenance process that includes the replacement of profiles, the replacement of insulator chains and the renewal of 10 kilometers of its wiring.

Placed on 140-meter-high structures, the El Tablazo-Cuatricentenario line crosses Lake Maracaibo from the East Coast to Maracaibo and its comprehensive recovery will increase the electrical charge for Zulia.

Mazo News Team