The National Energy Secretariat reported that in the month of September a trade surplus of US$610 million. Furthermore, they detailed that the US$3,709 million if you take into account the 9 months of the year.
Last Thursday, the lawyer Eduardo Rodríguez Chirillo He resigned from his position as Secretary of Energy for “personal and professional reasons.” The sources consulted by this medium indicate that the main candidate to replace him would be María Tettamanti, current general manager at NRG Energía SA and former general director of Camuzzi Gas Pampeana.
According to the latest report from the consulting firm Economía y Energía de Nicolas Arceoduring the first eight months of the year the energy trade balance had shown a surplus of US$3,157 million
In the period January-August 2024 the value of exports increased by 26% in relation to the same period of the previous year. “Given that prices remained relatively stable, the increase is explained by the increase in exported quantitieswhich grew a 27%“, indicated the report to which he accessed Energy Report.
For their part, imports reduced by 49% compared to January-August 2023. In that case, the amounts imported ones decreased by 43%while the Import prices were reduced by 11%.
The departure of Eduardo Chirillo from the Ministry of Energy
The now former government official announced his departure from the secretariat last Thursday. After making the decision, Chirillo detailed the reasons for his departure through his social networks: “Today I presented my resignation as Secretary of Energy of the Nation for reasons personal and professional that I consider appropriate to attend to at this time“.
The decision had been under consideration for weeks. Even, as this media learned, Chirillo had previously submitted his resignation – up to three times – due to differences with the Economy. The last of them was when it was publicly known that Daniel Gonzalez landed in the energy portfolio to “take charge of everything“.
A qualified source also assured a recent note from Energy Report about the lack of registration of 1.4 million households in subsidies so as not to lose the benefit, and a growing public spending in the energy sector for failing to apply a successful model of cutting and equitable distribution of this assistance, was the straw that was spilled glass and helped speed up the official’s departure. The big obstacle was not being able to launch the Basic Energy Basket (CBE), like the one that works in several countries, and which had been announced here with great expectations.
Who will be Chirillo’s replacement in Energy?
The replacement decision is defined. Caputo and González decided it. The sources consulted by this means indicate that Maria Tettamanticurrent general manager at NRG Energía SA and former general director of Camuzzi Gas Pampeana It is the main target to land in Energy.
Tettamanti is an economist, graduated from the University of La Plata, and has a Master in Economics from the CEMA University. In addition, in the past he also worked at Grupo Albanesi and Meridional SA.
The current general manager NRG Energía SA has not only the confidence of the minister and the secretary, but also of Mauricio Macri. He was also responsible for gas in the energy team of Patricia Bullrichheaded by the former Secretary of Energy and Mining of the Nation, Emilio Apud.
As director of Cammuzzi, Tettamanti participated in the Ámbito Dabate cycle in 2022where he expressed himself about the current challenges that the sector in general is going through and analyzed the current situation in which the country finds itself in the face of the challenge of energy transition. “The energy transition is something that is in process. My opinion is that Argentina is a little behind in the way of thinking about this transition. If we go specifically to what gas distribution is, we are in a segment that has not found the way to make the service accessible, without compromising investments and development of the sector.. We have that pending. We always think about what rate to apply and we don’t think about what’s coming. And my fear is that it will catch us off guard. The world is thinking about regulation for the sector in the face of the energy transition. And here we are very far away,” he said in that interview.
Source: Ambito
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