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Power sector regulation under General Electricity Law 93-96

Dossier
Energy, water and telecommunications05-energia-agua.md
Domain
The power market and its tariffsenergia
Room
Energy/energia
Audited
not audited

The Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM) sets policy and leads the sector; the National Electric Energy Commission (CNEE) regulates tariffs, standards and tenders; and the Wholesale Market Administrator (AMM), a private non-profit entity, operates the system and the market. Distribution to regulated users is in private hands: EEGSA and Energuate (DEOCSA + DEORSA). The legal framework is the General Electricity Act, Decree 93-96 of Congress (1996), and its implementing regulation (RLGE, 1997): generation and trading have been open to competition since 1996, while transmission and distribution are regulated activities awarded by public tender.

The research is written in English; quoted figures, source names and the titles of legal instruments stay in the language their source published them in.

Figures

Ley General de ElectricidadAMM, Oportunidades de inversión, pág. 3-7
Decreto 93-96 del Congreso1996
Reglamento de la LGE (RLGE)AMM, Oportunidades de inversión, pág. 3-7
19971997

Sources

Organizations named in the answer

  • Ministerio de Energía y Minas (MEM)Lead authority for energy and mining policy; it registers Large Electricity Users, accredits renewable projects (Decree 52-2003) and grants mining licenses (Decree 48-97, total royalty 1%).Public agency
  • Energuate (DEOCSA + DEORSA)The electricity distributor for the rest of the country (around 2.5 million customers according to 2023 press reports); owned by Threelands Energy Ltd since 2023.Company case

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