In January of this year, Law 32249 was published: “Law to ensure the efficient development of the Electric generationin order to guarantee the safe, reliable and efficient supply of the electricity supply and promote the diversification of the energy matrix. “ rule It indicates that distributors that only offer electricity per hour can participate in tenders by blocks.
Despite its purpose, there is a great concern about the content of its regulations, which presents an excess of barriers to the sector and obstacles for companies that want to hire energy. The document was prepared by the Ministry of Energy and Mines (Minem) and put to citizen consultation in April this year.
Luis Miguel Castilla, former Minister of Economy and Finance, has warned that one of the controversial points of the normative proposal is that it provides priority only to solar energy, without ensuring timely supply to the regulated market.
“Something that was not provided for in the law, but in the regulation project, it is that new generators are favored, but not to companies that have the ability to provide thermal and renewable energy, such as most generators in the country,” he said.
The above, he explained, could lead to a “discriminatory treatment” that could be prosecuted, and reflects a “statist vision”, contrary to the country’s policies.
“My criticism also goes because it will not meet the purpose of reducing rates for regulated users, because it does not guarantee that they have access to the cheaper service 24 hours a day,” he said.
He also questioned that with the regulation a major power to Osinergmin is granted than he currently has, mainly on the commercial side. As detailed, it would be the regulator to evaluate whether the existing generation is in the ability to compete to meet the demand, when it should be the market that determines it.
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Like Castilla, the former Minister of Energy Arturo Vásquez said that the regulation project has a “solar energy” bias.
“A scheme associated with the schedule blocks was introduced into the project so that only solar plants enter in block 8 (in the morning) at 4 in the afternoon. That is something that does not respect a basic principle that is technological neutrality. In the law it does not go on that side, but in the proposal of regulation yes,” he warned.
In addition, he indicated that there is a lot of bureaucratic interference when it is intended that Osinergmin establish what is going to buy and sell. “We have seen the problems of the regulator now, which has lost credibility. There is not much confidence in the market now,” he added.
For the expert, if the Minem project was applied, it could even give an increase in rates for the regulated market.
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