On June 12, 2023, Resolution No. 507/2023 of the National Energy Secretary (‘Resolution 507’) was published in the Official Gazette. Resolution 507 approved the following plans: (i) the Extra-High Voltage Electric Power Transmission System Expansion Plan (500 kV); (ii) the Existing Extra-High Voltage Electric Power Transmission Stations Revamping Plan (500 kV); (iii) the Existing High and Medium Voltage Transformer Stations Revamping Plan (132 kV); and (iv) the High and Mid Voltage Electric Power Transmission System Expansion Plan.
These plans aim to address the curtailment of some corridors of the transmission system and their respective transformer facilities, without the possibility of connecting potential renewable areas with the major demand nodes.
Furthermore, Resolution 507 requires the Federal Council of Electric Power (CFEE, for its Spanish acronym, Consejo Federal de la Energía Eléctrica), the Committee for the Administration of the Federal Electric Power Transmission Trust Fund (CAF, for its Spanish acronym, Comité de Administración del Fondo Fiduciario para el Transporte Eléctrico Federal), the Wholesale Electricity Market Administrator Company (CAMMESA, for its Spanish acronym, Compañía Administradora del Mercado Mayorista Eléctrico S.A.), the Special Unit for Electric Power Transmission System (UESTEE, for its Spanish acronym, Unidad Especial Sistema de Transmisión de Energía Eléctrica), the Works Commission Resolution No. 1/03, and the Committee for the Administration of the Electric Power Supply Transmission Works Trust (FOTAE, for its Spanish acronym, Fideicomiso de Obras de Transporte para el Abastecimiento Eléctrico) to collaborate with the Energy Secretary in order to carry out the infrastructure projects involved in this resolution.
Resolution 507 does not establish the mechanisms by which these plans will be implemented, which will be subject to complementary regulations.
The following details the network and associated infrastructure covered by each plan:
I. Extra-High Voltage Electric Power Transmission System Expansion Plan
This plan is included in Annex I of Resolution 507, transcribed below:
II. Existing Extra-High Voltage Electric Power Transmission Stations Revamping Plan
This plan is included in Annex II of Resolution 507, transcribed below:
III. Existing High and Medium Voltage Transformer Stations Revamping Plan
This plan is included in Annex III of Resolution 507, specifying the works to be carried out in TRANSBA, TRANSNEA, TRANSNOA, TRANSPA, DISTROCUYO, EPESF, ENERSA, EMSA, SECHEEP, and DPEC.
IV. High and Medium Voltage Electric Power Transmission System Expansion Plan
This plan is included in Annex IV of Resolution 507, specifying the works to be carried out in TRANSNOA, TRANSBA, DISTROCUYO, TRANSNEA, TRANSCOMAHUE, and TRANSPA.
For additional information, please contact Nicolás Eliaschev, Javier Constanzó, and/or Rocío Valdez.