Cooperativa Eléctrica De Bolívar

What Cooperativa Eléctrica De Bolívar does

Cooperativa Eléctrica de Bolívar Ltda. is an Argentine consumer cooperative (Cooperativa de Consumo) organized under Argentine Law 20.337, providing regulated electricity distribution to residential, commercial, industrial, and rural users in the Bolívar district of Buenos Aires Province. Member-owned and governed by a Consejo de Administración elected through district assemblies, the cooperative is the licensed distributor within its service territory under provincial regulator OCEBA. It is affiliated with FEDECOBA (the Buenos Aires federation of 141 electric cooperatives) and COOPERAR (the national cooperative confederation).

Operationally, the cooperative runs a conventional distribution network: medium-voltage lines, transformers, substations, public street lighting, and a 132 kV double-tern line from the Henderson interconnection to the Bolívar substation (constructed 2015, completed November 2023) that quintupled capacity to up to 50,000 homes. Its subsidiary Fábrica de Columnas manufactures concrete poles for grid infrastructure, providing vertical integration. Beyond the regulated utility core, the cooperative operates COOPEMED (a 24/7 polyclinic with pediatric guard, nursing, and ambulance services, habilitated by the provincial Ministry of Health in October 2022) and provides funerary and cremation services including burial niches.

The business model is fundamentally tariff-regulated subscription: electricity rates are set by OCEBA following national guidelines (2024-2025 increases range from ~11% for social-tariff residential users up to ~125% for certain non-social tiers). Member fees from electricity, healthcare, and funerary services, plus hardware sales from the column factory, comprise the revenue mix. Customer acquisition is direct-to-member through physical offices, the Virtual Office (Oficina Virtual) online portal launched in 2020, community engagement, and assemblies. Pricing is usage-based monthly. The cooperative is dependent on upstream supplier EDEN S.A. for energy supply and on TRANSBA for transmission infrastructure, which represents a structural concentration risk in its supply chain.

Name

Cooperativa Eléctrica De Bolívar

Legal name

Cooperativa Eléctrica de Bolívar Ltda.

Website

https://cebol.com.ar

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Cooperativa Eléctrica de Bolívar Ltda. is an Argentine member-owned cooperative providing regulated electricity distribution, plus healthcare (COOPEMED), funerary services, public lighting, and concrete column manufacturing, to residential, commercial, industrial, and rural users in Bolívar district, Buenos Aires Province.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Electric Utility Services

NAICS

Electric Power Distribution (221122), Electric Power Generation, Transmission and Distribution (2211)

SIC

Electric Services (4911)

akta.pro primary industry

Electric Cooperatives (Rural/Member-Owned Utilities) (EUADABAC)

akta.pro secondary industry

Distribution Network Construction (Feeders, Laterals, Service Drops) (IMAFAHAC)

Keywords

• Electricity distribution
• Utility cooperative
• Public lighting services
• Healthcare services
• Funerary services

Headquarters

HQ city

San Carlos de Bolívar

HQ country

Argentina

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Operations

Revenue model

1. Electricity Distribution: Regulated electricity distribution to residential, commercial, industrial, and rural customers. Tariffs are regulated by OCEBA (Organismo de Control de Energía Eléctrica de la Provincia de Buenos Aires).
2. COOPEMED Health Services: Medical services including 24-hour medical guard, nursing services, pediatric services, external consultations, and ambulance services.
3. Funerary Services (Sepelio/Cremación): Funerary and cremation services including mortuary chapels, hearses, and free transfers for associates within Buenos Aires Province and CABA.
4. Column Factory: Manufacturing of concrete columns for electrical infrastructure.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Cooperativa Eléctrica de Bolívar Ltda. is a member-owned electric utility cooperative that distributes electricity to residential, commercial, industrial, and rural customers in Bolívar, Buenos Aires, Argentina. Beyond electricity distribution, the cooperative operates an integrated ecosystem of social services including a medical center (COOPEMED), funerary and cremation services, burial niches, public lighting, and a concrete pole manufacturing factory.

Product overview

Cooperativa Eléctrica de Bolívar is a multi-service cooperative providing electric energy distribution as its core service, supplemented by social services including COOPEMED (health/medical center with 24/7 emergency services, pediatric care, and ambulance transport), funeral and cremation services, burial niches, public street lighting, and a concrete pole manufacturing facility. The cooperative also offers a virtual office platform for online bill payment and service requests. The portfolio is structured as a utility cooperative with integrated social services, all serving the Bolívar community and surrounding rural areas.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• COOPEMED: Health center operated by the cooperative providing 24-hour medical guard, nursing services, ambulance transport, and funeral/cremation services. Located at Sarmiento and Belgrano intersection.

Products and services

• Electric Energy Distribution Regulated distribution of electrical energy to residential, commercial, industrial, and rural members and customers in the Bolívar, Buenos Aires service territory.
• Alumbrado Público (Public Lighting) Public street lighting service provided to the municipality and community of Bolívar.
• COOPEMED (Medical Center) Medical center providing healthcare services to cooperative members and residents of Bolívar.
• Sepelio y Cremación (Funeral and Cremation Services) Funeral home services including cremation provided to cooperative members and the broader community.
• Nichos (Burial Niches) Provision of burial niches in cooperative cemeteries as part of the funerary services package.
• Fábrica de Columnas (Concrete Pole Factory) In-house factory that manufactures concrete utility poles used to build and maintain the cooperative's electricity distribution network.
• Oficina Virtual (Virtual Office) Online member portal that allows users to manage cooperative accounts, view bills, and access services digitally.

Quantifiable outcome

• Quintupled energy capacity with 132kV line

Named customers1 record

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

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Partnerships

Five partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• La Pequeña Familia (Grupo)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 28 March 2024COOPEMED signed a collaboration agreement with La Pequeña Familia medical group based in Junín. The partnership aims to develop cooperation projects and potential future agreements for medical services expansion.
• FEDECOBAcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 1 September 2017Member of the Federation of Electric and Public Services Cooperatives of Buenos Aires Province. Represents 141 cooperatives. The cooperative participates in assemblies and training sessions.
• Bomberos Voluntarios de BolívarminorGTM or Marketing Partner · 30 August 2017Signed agreement providing 150 kWh electricity bill bonus for the 44 active volunteer firefighters. First time the cooperative directly benefits individual firefighters.
• EDEN S.A.coreOthers · 8 June 2016Energy supplier company providing electricity transmission through 33kV lines from Henderson substation. The cooperative depends on EDEN for power supply and has ongoing negotiations regarding service quality and infrastructure maintenance.
• TRANSBA S.A.coreOthers · 8 June 2016Transmission company managing the Henderson substation that supplies electricity to Bolívar. The cooperative works with TRANSBA for infrastructure connections including the new 132kV line.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves13 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Others

• FEDECOBA (Federación de Cooperativas de Electricidad y Servicios Públicos de la Provincia de Buenos Aires): Federation representing 141 Buenos Aires Province electric cooperatives, of which Cooperativa Eléctrica de Bolívar is an active member. Provides training, advocacy and purchasing scale; useful as the network/ecosystem reference rather than a commercial competitor.
• TRANSBA S.A. Provincial transmission system operator that owns the Henderson substation through which Bolívar's 132kV line is connected. Operates the high-voltage transmission backbone and is a critical infrastructure counterparty rather than a commercial peer.
• COOPERAR (Confederación Cooperativa de la República Argentina): National confederation of Argentine cooperatives, of which Cooperativa Eléctrica de Bolívar is an affiliate. Represents the cooperative movement politically and provides national-level benchmarking and training across sectors.

Regional players

• Enersa (Energía de Entre Ríos S.A.): Provincial electricity distribution and commercialization company in Entre Ríos, Argentina. Comparable in that it operates as a regional distribution utility with regulated tariffs, but organized as a state-owned enterprise rather than a member cooperative — useful for comparing service mix and tariff outcomes outside Buenos Aires Province.
• Cooperativa Eléctrica de Pergamino: FEDECOBA-member electric distribution cooperative serving Pergamino district in northern Buenos Aires Province. Operates under the same OCEBA framework and member-owned model, providing a useful regional benchmark for tariff structure, infrastructure capex, and multi-service cooperative strategy.
• Cooperativa Eléctrica de General San Martín (Buenos Aires): Another FEDECOBA-affiliated Buenos Aires Province electric distribution cooperative. Same regulatory regime (OCEBA), similar cooperative structure, comparable scale of distribution operations — useful peer for benchmarking capex, tariffs and member-service bundles.

Direct peers

• Coopelectric Olavarría: Electric distribution cooperative serving Olavarría in Buenos Aires Province. Operates under the same OCEBA regulatory framework, distributes electricity to residential and commercial users, and runs adjacent services (broadband, healthcare, funerary). The Bolívar cooperative's own news cites Coopelectric's operations manager, indicating active peer benchmarking — they are structurally near-identical entities.

Broad incumbents

• EDEN S.A. Large private electricity distributor covering the northern Buenos Aires Province region and the cooperative's energy supplier via the Henderson substation. Operates under the same OCEBA framework but at much greater scale and across a broader concession area, making it the dominant incumbent against which the cooperative is benchmarked on service quality and pricing.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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Investments

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