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Property, Plant and Equipment
12 Months Ended
Dec. 31, 2021
PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT  
Property, Plant and Equipment

15.  PROPERTY, PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

The following table sets forth the property, plant and equipment as of December 31, 2021 and 2020:

As of December 31, 

2021

2020

Classes of Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross

ThCh$

ThCh$

Property, Plant and Equipment, Gross

11,142,172,107

9,768,708,590

Construction in progress

2,404,299,833

1,567,685,720

Land

78,715,479

78,366,909

Buildings

655,780,937

562,807,945

Generation Plant and Equipment

6,300,566,056

5,992,384,131

Network infraestructure

1,488,114,938

1,378,810,834

Fixtures and fittings

194,179,535

171,396,847

Other property, plant and equipment

20,515,329

17,256,204

As of December 31, 

2021

2020

Classes of Accumulated Depreciation and Impairment in Property, Plant and Equipment

ThCh$

ThCh$

Total Accumulated Depreciation and Impairment in
Property, Plant and Equipment

(5,031,483,346)

(4,735,212,118)

Buildings

(185,002,401)

(144,646,529)

Plant and equipment

(4,086,507,212)

(3,871,912,436)

Network infraestructure

(614,017,141)

(584,630,846)

Fixtures and fittings

(126,246,469)

(117,944,385)

Other property, plant and equipment

(19,710,123)

(16,077,922)

As of December 31, 

2021

2020

Classes of Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

ThCh$

ThCh$

Property, Plant and Equipment, Net

6,110,688,761

5,033,496,472

Construction in progress

2,404,299,833

1,567,685,720

Land

78,715,479

78,366,909

Buildings

470,778,536

418,161,416

Generation Plant and Equipment

2,214,058,844

2,120,471,695

Network infraestructure

874,097,797

794,179,988

Fixtures and fittings

67,933,066

53,452,462

Other property, plant and equipment

805,206

1,178,282

The composition and movements of the property, plant and equipment accounts during the fiscal year ended December 31, 2021 and 2020 are as follows:

Construction
in progress

Land

Buildings, Net

Generation
Plant and
Equipment
Net

Network
infrastructure, Net

Fixtures and
Fittings, Net

Other property, plant and equipment, Net

Property, Plant and
Equipment, Net

Movements in 2021

ThCh$

ThCh$

ThCh$

ThCh$

ThCh$

ThCh$

ThCh$

ThCh$

Opening balance as of January 1, 2021

1,567,685,720

78,366,909

418,161,416

2,120,471,695

794,179,988

53,452,462

1,178,282

5,033,496,472

Increases other than from business combinations

894,031,403

366,432

1,429,573

2,016,740

615,804

898,459,952

Increases (decreases) from foreign currency translation differences

167,710,277

118,312

62,905,635

174,366,572

9,145,223

268,274

162,162

414,676,455

Depreciation (1)

(20,084,630)

(128,647,891)

(38,770,418)

(6,725,834)

(535,238)

(194,764,011)

Impairment losses recognized in profit or loss for the period (2)

(28,773,082)

(4,262,649)

(33,035,731)

Increases (decreases) from transfers and other movements

(180,007,066)

167,714

17,268,849

32,926,796

109,860,379

19,783,328

Increases (decreases) from transfers from construction in progress

(180,007,066)

167,714

17,268,849

32,926,796

109,860,379

19,783,328

Disposals and removals from service

(230,675)

(577)

(1,464,759)

(895,689)

(2,591,700)

Disposals

(230,675)

(577)

(1,464,759)

(895,689)

(2,591,700)

Other increases (decreases) (3)

(16,306,942)

(2,182)

(3,675,456)

14,194,951

(1,438,426)

223,672

(7,004,383)

Argentine hyperinflationary economy

190,198

64,726

99,516

781,907

315,360

1,451,707

Total movements

836,614,113

348,570

52,617,120

93,587,149

79,917,809

14,480,604

(373,076)

1,077,192,289

Closing balance as of December 31, 2021

2,404,299,833

78,715,479

470,778,536

2,214,058,844

874,097,797

67,933,066

805,206

6,110,688,761

Construction
in progress

Land

Buildings, Net

Generation
Plant and
Equipment, Net

Network
infrastructure, Net

Fixtures and
Fittings, Net

Other property, plant and equipment, Net

Property, Plant and
Equipment, Net

Movements in 2020

ThCh$

ThCh$

ThCh$

ThCh$

ThCh$

ThCh$

ThCh$

ThCh$

Opening balance as of January 1, 2020

1,048,988,931

77,754,923

420,319,759

2,895,992,861

809,428,974

47,758,908

4,231,758

5,304,476,114

Increases other than from business combinations

744,544,601

151,195

691,268

101,862

119,324

745,608,250

Increases (decreases) from foreign currency translation differences

(57,958,736)

28,352

(19,184,500)

(54,569,811)

(3,320,508)

2,286,520

87,719

(132,630,964)

Depreciation (1)

(20,527,447)

(144,943,455)

(36,650,102)

(6,265,815)

(3,141,195)

(211,528,014)

Impairment losses recognized in profit or loss for the period (2)

(45,596,397)

(652,638,983)

(698,235,380)

Increases (decreases) from transfers and other movements

(57,868,918)

59,304

11,483,868

41,125,722

5,200,024

Increases (decreases) from transfers from construction in progress

(57,868,918)

59,304

11,483,868

41,125,722

5,200,024

Disposals and removals from service

(1,425,412)

(1,942,587)

(8,509,816)

(11,877,815)

Disposals

(1,942,587)

(6,899,719)

(8,842,306)

Removals

(1,425,412)

(1,610,097)

(3,035,509)

Other increases (decreases) (3)

(63,014,492)

489,124

25,862,428

36,315,417

33,129,578

4,137,244

36,919,299

Argentine hyperinflationary economy

16,143

35,206

56,113

441,263

216,257

764,982

Total movements

518,696,789

611,986

(2,158,343)

(775,521,166)

(15,248,986)

5,693,554

(3,053,476)

(270,979,642)

Closing balance as of December 31, 2020

1,567,685,720

78,366,909

418,161,416

2,120,471,695

794,179,988

53,452,462

1,178,282

5,033,496,472

(1)See Note 30.
(2)See clause iv) in section c) other information, contained in this same Note.
(3)See Note 24.

Additional information on property, plant and equipment, net

a)Main Investments

The main additions to property, plant and equipment relate to investments in the Company’s networks and operating plants and new projects under construction. These investments totaled ThCh$ 2,404,299,833 and ThCh$ 1,567,685,720 as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.    

In the distribution segment, the main investments are improvements in networks to optimize their operation, in order to enhance efficiency and quality of service level. These investments totaled ThCh$131,899,846 and ThCh$148,835,155 as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

In the generation segment, investments include works towards the new capacity program. This includes:

(i)Progress on the construction of the Los Cóndores Hydroelectric power plant, by Enel Generación Chile, which will use the resources from the Maule Lake and will have an installed capacity of approximately 150 MW. The carrying amount recorded in assets for this project was ThCh$790,358,312 and ThCh$637,303,224, as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.
(ii)Progress on the Sol de Lila, Azabache, Domeyko, Valle del Sol, Finis Terrae, Renaico II, Cerro Pabellón and Campos del Sol projects, which together represent an installed capacity of approximately 1.3 GW, and which are being executed by Enel Green Power Chile. The carrying amount recorded in assets for this project was ThCh$1,092,094,271 and ThCh$436,164,981, as of December 31, 2021 and 2020, respectively.

Following the accounting criteria described in Note 3.a), only those investments made in the abovementioned generation projects qualify as assets suitable for capitalizing interest. As a whole, these projects represent cumulative cash disbursements in the amount of ThCh$1,675,012,361 and ThCh$780,827,755, as of December 31, 2021 and 2020.

b)Capitalized cost

b.1) Capitalized financial expenses in works in progress

The capitalized cost for financial expenses amounted to ThCh$61,513,684 as of December 31, 2021, (ThCh $33,109,819 and ThCh $9,321,354 as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively) (see Note 32). The average financing rate ranged between 6.86% and 7.39% as of December 31, 2021 (4.60% and 6.84% as of December 31, 2020 and 2019, respectively).

The increase in interest capitalization evidenced during 2021 is mainly explained by a greater development of non-conventional renewable energy projects and by a greater continuity in the development of the Los Cóndores project. With respect to the Los Cóndores project, given the difficulties inherent to a project of this magnitude and the impacts related to COVID-19, which implied some suspensions in the execution of the project during the previous years, an update of the project schedule provided by Enel Generación Chile on July 27, 2020, estimates that it will be completed in the last quarter of 2023.

b.2) Capitalized personnel expenses in work-in-progress

The capitalized cost for personnel expenses directly related to constructions in progress was ThCh$31,157,196, ThCh$25,539,316 and ThCh$17,610,861 as of December 31, 2021, 2020 and 2019, respectively.

The increase in the capitalization of interest and personnel expenses compared to 2020 and 2019 is mainly due to a greater development of non-conventional renewable energy projects.

c)Other information
(i)As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, the Group maintained commitments to acquire tangible fixed assets in the amount of ThCh$119,301,305 and ThCh$303,709,257, respectively.
(ii)As of December 31, 2021 and 2020, Enel Chile had no property, plant or equipment pledged as collateral for liabilities.
(iii)The Group and its consolidated entities have insurance contracts with policies that cover any risk, earthquake and machinery breakdown up to a limit of €1,000 million (ThCh$964,590,000), and this coverage includes damages due to business disruption.

Additionally, the Group has civil liability insurance policies for third-party claims up to a limit of €400 million (ThCh$385,836,000) in case these claims are due to the rupture of any dams owned by the Company or its subsidiaries, as well as environmental civil liability to cover environmental damage claims up to €20 million (ThCh$19,291,800). The premiums associated with these policies are recorded proportionally to each company in the caption prepaid expenses.

(iv)Decarbonization plan

Development during 2019:

On June 4, 2019, the Company’s subsidiaries Enel Generación Chile and Gasatacama Chile entered into an agreement by which both companies, in line with their own sustainability strategy and strategic plan, and the Ministry of Energy, regulated how they would proceed to progressively eliminate the Tarapacá, Bocamina I and Bocamina II coal-fired generation units (hereinafter, Tarapacá, Bocamina I and Bocamina II).

The agreement is subject to the condition precedent that the regulations on capacity transfers between generation companies go into force, which establishes, among other things, the essential conditions to ensure non-discriminatory treatment among the generators and to define the State of Strategic Reserve. By virtue of the above, Enel Generación Chile and Gasatacama Chile would formally and irrevocably agree to the final withdrawal of Bocamina I and Tarapacá, respectively, from the National Electricity System, establishing their deadlines on May 31, 2020 for Tarapacá, and December 31, 2023 for Bocamina I.

The Group stated its intention to accelerate the withdrawal of Tarapacá and Bocamina I, promoting the termination of their operations, all fully coordinated with the Authority. Within this context, on June 17, 2019, Gasatacama Chile submitted a request to the CNE to perform the final withdrawal, disconnection, and termination of operations of Tarapacá at an earlier date, i.e., by December 31, 2019.  On July 26, 2019, by Exempt Resolution No. 450 and in accordance with the provisions of article 72 -18 of the General Law of Electricity Services, the CNE authorized the final withdrawal, disconnection, and termination of operations of Tarapacá on December 31, 2019.

The management of the Tarapacá and Bocamina I assets will be carried out separately, and these assets will not form part of the Cash-Generating Unit formed by the rest of the plants owned by the Enel Generación Chile Group, whose economic management is performed in an integrated manner.

Due to the abovementioned and as a result of impairment testing on an individual basis, in 2019 the Group recognized impairment losses in the amount of ThCh$197,188,542 and ThCh$82,831,721 to adjust the carrying amount of the capitalized investment in Tarapacá and Bocamina I, respectively, to their recoverable amount. The resulting recoverable amount, after the recorded impairment, corresponds to the value of the lands held in Tarapacá and Bocamina I, in the amount of ThCh$1,613,803 and ThCh$ 6,362,581, respectively.

With respect to Bocamina II, Enel Generación Chile set a goal for its early withdrawal by December 31, 2040, at the latest. All of the above was subject to the authorization established in the General Law of Electricity Services. The financial effects would depend on the factors involved in the electricity market behavior, such as fuel prices, hydrological conditions, the growth of electricity demand, and international inflation indexes, which could not be determined at the close of 2019.

Notwithstanding the above, the useful lives of the Bocamina II assets were adjusted such that in any case, the depreciation would be calculated for any useful lives beyond December 31, 2040. This measure implied the recognition of a higher depreciation of ThCh$ 4,083,855 during 2019.

Development during 2020:

On May 27, 2020, the Board of Directors of Enel Generación Chile approved, subject to the corresponding CNE authorizations, the early withdrawal of Bocamina I and Bocamina II, establishing deadlines for such withdrawals on December 31, 2020 and May 31, 2022, respectively. The corresponding request was communicated to the CNE that same day.

This decision shows the Company’s commitment to fight against climate change and also considered the deep changes being experienced by the industry, including the constant and increasing penetration of renewable energies and the reduction in commodities prices, making gas-powered production more competitive, which would give greater flexibility to the system’s operations in comparison to coal-fired production.

On July 3, 2020, the CNE issued Exempt Resolution No. 237 authorizing the final withdrawal, disconnection, and termination of operations of Bocamina I on December 31, 2020.

Regarding Bocamina II, the Group also intended to accelerate its early closure, promoting the discontinuation of its operations in strict coordination with the Authority. In this context, on July 23, 2020, the CNE issued Exempt Resolution No. 266 authorizing the final withdrawal, disconnection, and termination of operations of Bocamina II as of May 31, 2022.

As occurred in 2019 with Tarapacá and Bocamina I, Bocamina II’s management assets will be managed separately and, accordingly, these assets will not form part of the Cash-Generating Unit consisting of the rest of the plants owned by the Enel Generación Chile Group, whose economic management continues to be carried out in a centralized manner.

Consequently, and as a result of impairment testing on an individual basis, in 2020 the Group recorded an impairment loss of ThCh$697,856,387 to adjust the carrying amount of the capitalized investment in Bocamina II to its recoverable value. Additionally, for this same reason, during fiscal year 2021 the Group recorded an additional impairment loss of ThCh$28,773,083. The resulting recoverable value, after the impairment recorded, corresponds to the value of the land associated with this plant, which as of December 31, 2020 was ThCh$2,014,684.

These situations have effects on deferred taxes, which are disclosed in Note 18.b.

(v)As of September 2020, the Company’s subsidiary Empresa Nacional de Geotermia recorded an impairment of its works in progress of ThCh$378,993. Subsequently, its liquidation process began in December 2020, and which finalized during the first half of 2021.
(vi)As a result of the public disturbances occurred in Chile during the last quarter of 2019, write-offs related to property, plant and equipment amounting to ThCh$1,629,983 were recorded. On the other hand, equipment dispositions amounting to ThCh$1,880,608 occurred. Both concepts total ThCh$3,510,591, see Note 31.