Legislative News and Regulations
Province of Buenos Aires:
Disposition No. 12/2019 issued by the Provincial Directorate for Public Services of the Province of Buenos Aires on 04/15/2019, published in the Official Gazette on 05/03/2019
Approves the Manual that establishes the documentation, the procedures, the minimum contents, requirements and deadlines that must be fulfilled by those interested in the execution of renewable electric power generation projects in the province of Buenos Aires to obtain the approval of the projects, the authorization of construction and operation and therefore the inclusion in the promotion system established by Law No. 14,838.
Province of Chaco:
Legislative Approval No. 3001-R:
The Province of Chaco adheres to Federal Law No. 27,424 which establishes the “Promotion Scheme for the Renewable Energy Generation integrated to the Electric Public Grid”.
Province of Chubut:
Law No. XVII 141, issued on 03/21/2019 and published in the Official Gazette on 04/22/2019
The Province of Chubut adheres to the Federal Law No. 27,424 which establishes the “Promotion Scheme for the Renewable Energy Generation integrated to the Electric Public Grid”. Likewise, provides a tax exemption for users and distributed renewable energy generators, for the injection to the grid, and for all instruments subscribed within the framework of this Law and the Federal Law No. 27,424.
Federal:
Resolution No. 1/2019 issued by the Secretariat of Renewable Resources and Electrical Market on 02/28/2019, published in the Official Gazette on 03/01/2019
Abrogates Resolution No. 19/2017 of the former Secretariat of Electrical Energy as from March 1, 2019 and establishes a new remuneration price for the generators that operate under this regime.
Resolution No. 81/2019 issued by the Secretariat of Energy on 03/07/2019, published in the Official Gazette on 03/08/2019
It calls for a national and international public bidding in order to sign a contract for the construction of the “500 kV Extra High Voltage Line Río Diamante E.S. - New Charlone E.S., 132 kV Electrical Substations and complementary works", which includes the electrical interconnection in 500 kV Río Diamante E.S. - Charlone E.S. and complementary works, and the subsequent provision of operation and maintenance services, under Law No. 27,328 and its Implementing Decree No. 118 issued on February 17, 2017 as amended, for the Public-Private Partnership Project called "Transmission Lines - Stage I: 500 kV Extra High Voltage Line Río Diamante E.S. - New Charlone E.S., 132 kV Electrical Substations and complementary works".
Resolution No. 2/2019 issued by the Secretariat of Renewable Resources and Electrical Market on 03/07/2019, published in the Official Gazette on 03/11/2019
It replaces the "Regulation of Access to Existing Capacity and Expansion of the Electric Power Transmission System", the "Transmission of Electric Power Through High Voltage" and the "Transmission of Electric Power by Trunk Distribution and by Non-Carrier Providers of the Technical Function of Electric Power Transmission". All these are annexes included within "The Procedures for the Programming of the Operation, the Dispatch of Charges and the Calculation of Prices" approved by the Resolution No. 61 dated April 29, 1992 of the former Secretariat of Electric Energy, as amended.
Resolution No. 7/2019 issued by the Secretariat of Renewable Resources and Electrical Market on 03/26/2019, published in the Official Gazette on 03/27/2019
It replaces: (i) annex III of the "Regulation of Access to Existing Capacity and Expansion of the Electric Power Transmission System " and appendix A of the "Special Regime for the Expansion of Electrical Transmission Systems through Trunk Distribution with Resources from the Provinces’ Special Fund for Electricity Development (“FEDEI”, after its Spanish acronym) or other Provincial’s Resources" of National Decree No. 2743 issued on December 29, 1992, included as Annex I of Resolution No. 2/2019 mentioned above; (ii) annexes II and III of Resolution No. 2/2019 mentioned above.
Resolution No. 230/2019 issued by the Secretariat of Energy on 04/26/2019, published in the Official Gazette on 04/30/2019
Modifies certain sections of Resolution No. 281/2017 issued by the former Energy and Mining Ministry, which approved the Corporate PPA Regime (MATER, for its Spanish acronym). Among other matter, Resolution No. 230/2016 allows the generators to request an extension of the scheduled commercial operation date informed when the priority dispatch was requested.
Official Notice issued by the Secretariat of Energy on 05/09/2019, published in the Official Gazette on 05/10/2019
Extends the date for the submission of bid offers, to September 5, 2019, at 3:00 p.m. for the National and International Public Tender Public-Private Partnership Project "Transmission Lines - Stage I: Extra Line High Voltage at 500 kV ET Rio Diamante – New E.T. Charlone, Electrical Substations and complementary works in 132 Kv”.
Energy in the media
“The government tenders the first electric transmission project with a PPP contract ", published by Econojournal on 03/08/2019
The government called a national and international public bid to award the construction, and subsequent operation and maintenance, of the Extra High Voltage line between the electrical substations of Río Diamante (Mendoza) and Charlone (northwest of Buenos Aires).
"The Government will launch Round IV of the Renovar program before the end of the year", published by Telam on 04/03/2019
The Federal government will launch Round IV of the Renovar program before the end of the year, in a new bidding process that will include investments in infrastructure of the transmission grid, announced the Undersecretary of Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency, Sebastian Kind.
“Province of Jujuy: the works for the construction of the first solar train of Latin America move forward” published by La Nación on 04/08/2019
The Provincial government is moving forward with the construction of the first tourist train based on solar energy in the country, which would also be the first in Latin America and the fourth in the world (after others that exist in China, India and Australia). The idea is that the train comes all the way from San Salvador de Jujuy to the city of La Quiaca.
“The control of Edesur and Edenor is transferred from the Federal government to the City and the Province”, published by Clarin on 05/08/2019
The concessions of Edenor and Edesur, which provide the service of electricity distribution within the City of Buenos Aires and the Metropolitan Area of Buenos Aires stopped being subject to the jurisdiction of the Federal Executive power. “An agreement was reached with Edenor and Edesur regarding their debts with the Government, mainly accrued between 2006 and 2015, and the jurisdiction was transferred to the City and the Province of Buenos Aires”, informed the Ministry of Finance.
“Argentina already has its first 100% clean energy airport with global LEED certification", published by World Energy Trade on 05/13/2019
With cutting-edge technology, the Comodoro International Airport has a new passenger terminal that meets all the international standards of low impact for the environment. The building was built using sustainable processes that started from the first moment it was designed.
“The conditions to sell and privatize the Ensenada Barragán Facility are loosened up”, published by Econojournal on 05/15/2019
After the failure of the first bid, the Government approved a new call for bid and loosened up the payment conditions to encourage participants. The deadline to submit the bids is May 20.
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