VMME and ANDE agree on joint actions to strengthen the Paraguayan electricity system

This Vice Ministry of Mines and Energies release was published using machine translation.

On the morning of Thursday, August 24, an important inter-institutional meeting was held between the Vice Ministry of Mines and Energy of the Ministry of Public Works and Communications and ANDE, in which the Vice Minister of Mines and Energy, Mauricio Bejarano and the President of ANDE, Ing. Félix Sosa, accompanied by their respective technical teams, in order to outline joint actions to address strategic issues related to strengthening the Paraguayan electrical system, to be included in a common agenda.

Among the issues considered a priority by both institutions is the regulation of Law 6977/2023 on Non-Conventional Renewable Energies (ERNC), which regulates the implementation of the national energy policy regarding national and regional energy integration and complementation. . In this context, lines of action were defined for coordinated work between the Vice Ministry of Mines and Energies and ANDE, in such a way as to agree on the modifications required by the aforementioned law and its regulations, according to the interests and needs of the parties. affected.

In the same way, topics such as the generation of electrical energy from non-conventional sources, the diversification of the energy matrix and medium- and long-term generation projects were addressed, as well as energy efficiency, as contemplated in the Plan ANDE Master Builder, with a 10-year horizon.

In order to continue with the established schedule, a next meeting was set in a period of 30 days, to evaluate the progress of planning for joint work.

In addition to those mentioned, Roberto Fariña and Gustavo Cazal, representing the Vice Ministry of Mines and Energy, and Miguel Báez, Tito Ocariz, and María de la Paz Barrail, represented ANDE.