Electricity sector in Uruguay

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The state-owned power company Usinas y Trasmisiones Eléctricas (UTE) formed in 1912. First efforts of rural electrification already started in the 1930s. In 1932, the José Batlle y Ordóñez power station located at the Montevideo port was inaugurated, replacing an older power station on the same site. The first large hydroelectric power station was completed in 1945 in Rincón del Bonete. Before,

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Electricity sector in Uruguay

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