According to Daniel González, Secretary of Energy and Mining Coordination, it is a package of measures and incentives to increase generation and power, and to guarantee supply to residential areas.
The Secretary of Energy and Mining Coordination of the Nation, Daniel Gonzalezannounced that in the next few days they will launch a package of measures and incentives for the industry of electric generation and transmission so that power is increased and large users voluntarily accept supply cuts in exchange for remuneration and benefits.
“We are anticipating the worst scenario by several months, with a summer that is expected to be worse than the previous one, warmer and perhaps, there will be less hydroelectric power in Brazil. If we add to that the fact that Atucha I is entering a scheduled shutdown of the plant and other (electric) plants are out of service, We are not in a very different situation than last summer, but it is a consequence of many years of doing things wrong, especially in generation, where very little was added.“, he detailed.
González said that the Government wants “people to know” what they know: “The system has no power reserve, we are at our limit, and there could be situations where power outages could occur.” And that is why the Energy Secretariat will be issuing a series of measures in the coming days to encourage generation as much as possible, which we believe we may need in the summer, and we will also be issuing an incentive for managing the demand of large users.”
These measures were anticipated in the draft of the Resolution to which Ámbito had accesswhere it incorporates a scheme of “Additional, complementary and exceptional remuneration based on power (fixed) and generation (variable) that promotes the availability of thermal generation plants in critical months and hours, effective from December 2024 to August 2027”.
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In parallel, in the Energy Emergency Program 2024/2025 It is already studied where the dollars needed to import between 1,400 and 2,500 megawatt hours will come from to meet the demand for higher consumption during the period of high temperatures.
According to the official, with these measures “The impact will be mitigated this summer and the next,” He added that they are also looking for long-term policies. “We are trying to normalise the sector. The electricity regulatory framework is more than 30 years old and in a few months the five-year tariff plan will be carried out for the third time, which gives an indication of how poorly it has worked under the different governments,” he added.
In this sense, he justified the increase in rates for all users in recent months. “The patience of Argentines is extraordinary. There is a cultural change, people understand that things have to be paid for according to what they cost. We started in January with an electricity rate that covered 25% of the cost, today we are between 80% and 90% and for next year we do not want to be below the average of 80%, where users who do not have subsidies will be paying the full cost of generation.”held.
González also announced that they are preparing new tenders to expand the transmission networks and to increase their potential. “We are working on the long term, and managing what may happen in the short term,” he emphasized.
Source: Ambito
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