Climate Policy Engagement Analysis
Climate Policy Engagement Overview: Asociación Colombiana de Generadores de Energía Eléctrica (Acolgen) has both positive and negative engagement climate policy in 2023-25. While Acolgen has supported permitting reform in Colombia to support the transition to renewable energy, it has advocated for fossil gas expansion and opposition to key policies suggest a preference for a slower transition.
Top-line Messaging on Climate Policy: Acolgen does not appear to have made any top-line messaging on climate policy. The company has not offered a position on climate science, IPCC-demanded emissions reductions, the need for climate policy in general, or the Paris Agreement.
Engagement with Climate-Related Regulations: InfluenceMap finds limited evidence of Alcogen’s engagement on specific climate-related policies. In February 2025 the association submitted it regulatory comments on Ley número 329 de 2024 to the Congress in support of permitting reform to support the transition toward renewables in Colombia.
Positioning on Energy Transition: Acolgen appears to have both negative and positive engagement with the energy transition. In a blog post from March 2023, its Executive President, Natalia Gutiérrez Jaramillo, expressed support for government incentives on renewable energy, with an emphasis on wind and solar energy. Additionally, in its 2023 Sustainability Report, from September 2024, Acolgen called for further government support and intervention in favor of renewable energy sources. However, in the same report, the association supported fossil gas as a desirable energy source without clear conditions related to CCS. Moreover, in a blog post from September 2023, Acolgen’s Executive President suggested that the energy transition might be unaffordable and that high GHG emissions energy sources are desirable in a future energy mix. Furthermore, in a press release from September 2024, Acolgen directly advocated to policymakers to support investments in new fossil fuel infrastructure, emphasizing Colombia’s need to be energy self-sufficient. In another September 2024 press release, Alcogen advocated for the use of fossil-gas powered vehicles in Colombia.
InfluenceMap collects and assesses evidence of corporate climate policy engagement on a weekly basis, depending on the availability of information from each specific data source (for more information see our methodology). While this analysis flows through to the company’s scores each week, the summary above is updated periodically. This summary was last updated in Q2 2025.