In the framework of the XIV Conference on Energy Rights, Sebastián Mocarquer, partner and director of Systep, said that this entity should design the future processes to determine the price to regulated clients.
Independent agency proposed to regulate electricity supply bids
Electricity supply, open access and independence of the CDECs were the measures of the Energy Agenda that were analyzed in the second panel of the XIV Conference on Energy Law held at the Catholic University.
In the discussion, policy proposals for electricity supply risk were raised, together with the opportunities and risks of supply tenders, overcoming barriers to open access and the independence of the CDECs under current regulations.
José Luis Lima, researcher at the Intelis Center of the University of Chile, referred to supply risks and their impact on competition in electricity auctions and policy proposals, pointing out that the 20% reduction in electricity supply bidding prices proposed in the Energy Agenda implies understanding the incentives for generators to offer energy from their plants in contracts.
Sebastián Mocarquer, partner and director of Systep, said that the opportunities for future tenders are to redesign the contract market with a more efficient model.
He proposed that NCRE products should be designed to allow the most efficient purchase for these projects, in addition to creating an independent bidding agency to design the bids on a permanent basis.
Arturo Le Blanc, vice-president of legal affairs at Transelec, indicated that there has been an increase in the number of requests from NCRE projects for access to the transmission system, which poses challenges for open access.
He proposed establishing objective criteria to prioritize projects, leaving speculators aside, together with a timely calculation of available capacity by each CDEC and the need to respect existing additional system contracts with customers.
In view of the lack of land, Le Blanc proposed long-term planning for substations, updating legislation and including appropriate deadlines from the Ministry of National Assets.
Finally, Carolina Seeger, lawyer at Fontaine & Cía, pointed out that it is not yet clear in the current law how the National Energy Commission can carry out the SING-SIC interconnection, adding that the need to join the CDECs in the event of an eventual interconnection is not yet apparent.
