Evaluación Comparativa (Benchmarking) entre empresas eléctricas de distribución del Ecuador.

Abstract

In Ecuador, the distribution of electrical energy is a highly regulated activity, where monopolistic concessions are granted for a certain geographical area; a regulatory entity intervenes in this process, which generally proposes the pricing schemes and supervises the efficiency both in infrastructure investment and in the operation and administration of the company in charge of the concession. In order to know the efficiency with which a company is managed, there is a need to compare various indicators related to the operation of several similar companies. To carry out a comparison of indicators, the Benchmarking method can be used. In the book "Operations Management", Krajewski and Ritzman define benchmarking as a continuous and systematic process that measures a company's processes, services and products to compare them with leading industries. Companies use this method to better understand how the most prominent companies in the sector carry out their activities, with a view to improving their own processes. Benchmarking focuses on establishing quantitative goals for improvement. This curricular integration work aims to analyze and study the issue of energy benchmarking among distribution companies in the country, from an efficiency criterion. An efficiency evaluation methodology is proposed using different characteristic parameters of each distribution company in Ecuador. The methodology developed for energy benchmarking uses statistical techniques and Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA), which are applied together with a set of indicators related to the efficiency of the production process of electricity distribution companies. The results obtained show that a correctly configured DEA model is applicable for the benchmarking study between distribution companies.