ADELAT and ISCI come together to analyze the challenges of electrical distribution

ADELAT and ISCI come together to analyze the challenges of electrical distribution

The Association of Latin American Electricity Distributors and the Institute for Complex Engineering Systems will carry out the Chilean edition of the discussion “Challenges and regulations of Electricity Distribution for the Latin American Energy Transition”.

The event will be held on August 29 at 9 am (GMT-4) at the University of Chile and will be broadcast to all interested parties via Zoom. Government authorities, sector specialists and representatives of leading energy companies will participate and it will be open to the public.

The event will be opened by the president of ADELAT, David Felipe Acosta Correa; the executive director, Ignacio Santelices, who will present the policy document made by the Association; and Matías Negrete, academic at the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile and ISCI researcher. It will feature a special presentation by Mauricio Riveros, head of the Sustainable Energies division at the Chilean Ministry of Energy.

 

They will participate in the debate Marco Mancilla, CNE Executive Secretary; Rodrigo Moreno, academic at the University of Chile and ISCI researcher; Mauricio Riveros; and Paola Carrasco, Enel Network Development Manager. The moderation will be in charge of Larissa Cunha, Director of Knowledge Management of ADELAT

The meeting will examine regulatory frameworks and aspects of great importance for the present and future of the region within the scenario of the energy transition and the Chilean context will be analyzed in depth. The main objective is to promote growth and progress in these key points to achieve an approach to maximize the social benefits of investments and achieve modern, resilient and flexible electricity distribution systems.

The need to consolidate the new role of electricity distributors as Distribution System Operators to adapt and make the energy transition in Latin America more efficient will also be explored.

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ADELAT is now present in six countries: Welcome CENTROSUR!

ADELAT is proud to add CENTROSUR to the list of member companies. Its incorporation into the Association of Latin American Electricity Distributors represents a valuable contribution to face together the challenges and opportunities of the energy transition.

Now ADELAT is made up of 15 electricity distribution companies and 2 national entities that are present in six countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador and Peru.

CENTROSUR is an electric power service and general public lighting services company in Ecuador and works together with the Ministry of Energy and Mines of the Government of that country to manage the supply provided to users.

Its objectives include: increasing the level of user satisfaction; expand the coverage, quality and reliability of the service to contribute to social and productive development; incorporate technology as a transversal axis in the service; and improve the management of human talent.

This union will promote the exchange of information and cooperation in various technical and administrative subjects that will result in improvements in the provision of the service. In addition, it will strengthen the research and development of new technologies as well as the dissemination of sustainable practices and promotion of responsible use of electrical energy.

With its increased team, ADELAT moves forward with important initiatives to consolidate the leading role of Distribution System Operators (“DSO”) in the energy transformation that Latin America and the world are going through.

ADELAT and WEC articulate efforts towards a fair energy transition for the region

The Association of Latin American Electricity Distributors and the World Energy Council in Latin America (WEC, for its acronym in English) formalized a work plan to promote activities and initiatives that contribute to joining efforts towards a clean and fair energy transition for the region.

The work agenda will be aligned with the World Energy Trilemma proposed by WEC to reaffirm the commitment and promote initiatives that collaborate in humanizing energy. In this way, ADELAT joins the cooperation to guarantee equitable access to energy sources, the sustainability of all energy distribution projects and security in energy distribution mechanisms in the region.

“The planning of activities in conjunction with the World Energy Council in Latin America allows us to continue aligned with the World Energy Trilemma and its objectives: energy security, sustainability and equal access. We believe it is a way to push and join forces to achieve a fair and clean energy transition for the region”, Santelices said. 

The aim is to develop strategies to promote improvement opportunities and measure the impact that the energy transition will have on the energy sources of the future.

The executive director of ADELAT, Ignacio Santelieces, and the director of Strategy and Institutional Relations, Aniella Descalzi, met with the Regional Vice Chair of WEC Latam, Claudio Seebach, and the Senior Regional Manager, Haydee Jiménez, to start this mutual cooperation.

“The World Energy Council is the world’s oldest independent and impartial community of energy leaders and professionals. Founded in 1923, it has brought together diverse interests from across the energy ecosystem for a century. Through our vision of Humanizing Energy, we involve more people and communities in accelerating clean and fair energy transitions in all regions of the world,” said Seebach.

From ADELAT, it is a great satisfaction to continue strengthening ties of understanding that allow articulating knowledge, actions and exchanging experiences and contributions from all the actors. This is the way to continue with one of the main objectives: to achieve the benefit of all people through a modernization of electricity distributors within the framework of the energy transition.

With the focus on electromobility, what regulation logics do distributors “demand”?

With the focus on electromobility, what regulation logics do distributors “demand”?

Projecting around a million electric vehicles in 15 years in the regional capitals, Latin American distributors request updates to the regulation of each country to adapt to electromobility.

As we always mention, the ecosystem and regulation of electromobility has many actors. This time, several gathered at the Mobility Portal event entitled “Electric and Sustainable Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean – Success Stories 2023”.

Within this framework, Ignacio Santelices, executive director of the Association of Latin American Electricity Distributors (ADELAT), offers his position on electric vehicles in the sector he represents.

“The world of distribution is demanding to update regulations that have been going on for decades and respond to a different logic,” says Santelices.

And he adds: “In this scenario of electrification of consumption and in which we are going to multiply the amount of electricity, we have to work with different logics.”

The professional participated in the panel “Projects for the expansion of the electric vehicle recharging infrastructure” in which several of the participants agreed on the need for standards that talk among themselves to promote the market.

Specifically, the director of ADELAT requests: “Bring the regulations into the 21st century and prepare us for what is to come, which is going to be tremendous because we are not prepared in the region to fully address the energy transition we are experiencing.”

When asked which actors should regulate the charging infrastructure space, Santelices’s response was: “There are two actors: the superintendence or the energy regulator and the transport regulator that have to work in coordination.”

In this sense, the argument indicated that the transport authorities would be in charge of the standard in, for example, conversion of vehicles and safety of electric vehicles. And, on the other hand, the energy authorities must regulate the charge.

“We need to have a well-integrated and comprehensive vision of these challenges, we have to see how we make a great reform and address the issue of transmission, distribution of electric vehicles, charging, etc.,” says the representative of ADELAT.

From what was stated in the participation of the event, the conclusion is that this comprehensive vision is important for regulators from different countries to have.

Regarding what electromobility represents for the distribution sector, Santelices explains: “It is a tremendous challenge for the distributors of the future and it is a relatively immediate future.”

ADELAT does not rule out thinking that in less than 15 years in the capital cities of the region between 700,000 and one million electric vehicles will circulate.

Faced with this scenario, Santelices admits: “We have to prepare the electrical networks for that moment and for that we have to make new investments, have new regulations, flexibility and digitization in order to have the charging systems coordinated.”

Fountain: https://portalmovilidad.com/logicas-de-regulacion-mercado-de-distribucion/

The Executive Director of Adelat highlighted the key points to achieve the energy transition in the region

The Executive Director of Adelat highlighted the key points to achieve the energy transition in the region

Within the framework of the launch of the paper “Regulatory Challenges and Improvements of Electricity Distribution to enable the Latin American Energy Transition”, Ignacio Santelices participated in the radio program “Copyright” to expand the most outstanding points of a key piece of energy development in the region.

Santelices highlighted how the region is deeply working to increase supply capacity using renewable energy and focused on the importance of electrifying consumption.

“In our countries, 20% of the energy consumed is electricity and 80% is from fossil fuels. If we want to start with our energy matrix, we have to electrify consumption”, highlighted Santelices.

The executive director assured that the transition will happen, one way or another, due to the efficiency of electrical technologies and their low cost. He stressed out that “preparing” for when this happens is a fundamental point, with the advent of new technologies that demand so much more from supplies than they currently do.

“We are going to move forward until we gradually have the air conditioning in our homes or companies electrically, electric vehicles are going to enter with force and many industrial uses are also going to be electrified, but unfortunately our cities are not yet ready for that”, he concluded.

With financing such as an essential point, the paper proposes a series of regulatory recommendations to generate the conditions that materialize the necessary investments for the project. It also points out what changes are necessary in the current distribution and seeks to achieve a fair energy transition that enables large-scale development, with the inclusion of new technologies.

ADELAT signs a cooperation agreement with OLADE to deepen the role of electricity distribution as a key player in the energy transition in Latin America

ADELAT signs a cooperation agreement with OLADE to deepen the role of electricity distribution as a key player in the energy transition in Latin America

The Association of Latin American Electricity Distributors and the Latin American Energy Organization formalized through a Memorandum of Understanding Mutual Collaboration to start initiatives that understand the challenges faced by the countries of the region for their energy transformation.

The objective is to focus on new technologies and best management and sustainability practices, understanding the place of the distribution segment in order to be prepared for these changes and, consequently, plan the required investments. It is essential to highlight the need to implement regulatory improvements and understand the nuances of each territory and its inhabitants.

The executive director of ADELAT, Ignacio Santelices Ruiz, and the director of Strategy and Institutional Relations, Aniella Descalzi, signed this agreement with the executive secretary of OLADE, Andrés Rebolledo Smitmans.

“OLADE is the main regional actor in energy issues and we know that this alliance will allow us to accelerate the modernization of electricity distribution to have a successful energy transition in Latam,” Santelices said.

For his part, the Executive Secretary of OLADE, Andrés Rebolledo Smitmans, stated that “this agreement between OLADE and ADELAT represents another milestone in our mission to promote regional energy integration and energy sustainability for Latin America and the Caribbean. We consider dialogue with the private sector essential to be able to promote the best energy policies“.

For ADELAT it is a great satisfaction to establish this type of ties and thus help build the reality of energy transformation in the region. The goal is to benefit all citizens from the deep modernization of electricity distributors.

ADELAT launches its paper “Regulatory Challenges and Improvements of Electricity Distribution to enable the Latin American Energy Transition”

ADELAT launches its paper “Regulatory Challenges and Improvements of Electricity Distribution to enable the Latin American Energy Transition”

The Association of Latin American Electricity Distributors is pleased to announce the publication of its policy paper carried out collaboratively by expert consultants and professionals from ADELAT associates.

The objective is to promote the new role of the Distribution System Operators (“DSOs”) as a key actor in the regional energy transition, promoting the evolution of regulatory frameworks, moving from a cost optimization approach to one that maximizes the social benefits of investments.

This work is the result of a series of debates held during 2022 in which more than 100 specialists mainly from Chile, Brazil, Colombia, Peru and Argentina participated, whose main achievement was the sharing of challenges and good practices, the principles and guidelines regulations necessaries to advance decisively and with a comprehensive vision in the energy transition.

“It is critical for the success of the energy transition to begin the process of modernizing electricity distribution now, in order to allow the development of distributed generation, electromobility, the electrification of buildings and companies. In addition, new players and business models will come hand in hand with this energy transformation”, said the executive director, Ignacio Santelices.

For his part, the president of the Association, David Felipe Acosta Correa, pointed out that “this is an essential document to understand where the energy transition is headed and the key role played by electricity distribution.” “We hope, with this contribution, to start a serious and urgent debate in which regulators, academia, industry and society participate, to start the transformation process of the electricity distributor to become a DSO as soon as possible,” he concluded.

The paper exposes the main challenges for distributors in Latin America:

Improve service quality and resilience.

Transform the network as a digital, universal, neutral platform that enables new models of operation and services, distributed resources and deepening of electrification.

Promote the economic efficiency of the electrical system, coupling supply and demand.

From ADELAT it is proposed, in regulatory terms, to establish:

  1. Incentives for continuous improvement in service quality and incentives for the resilience of distribution systems.
  2. Remuneration of the real costs associated with the asset base of the distribution service.
  3. Timely and adequate remuneration of investments, consistent with the needs and priorities of the energy transition.

This publication highlights the need to modernize distribution networks within the framework of the energy transition, for which unprecedented investments in networks and technology will be required. In this way, it values ​​the contribution of the distribution sector and works as an input to understand that an evolution is required in the regulatory vision of the countries of the region. The modernization of distribution must begin now, without having to wait for major regulatory reforms, favoring investment and technological innovation in accordance with the requirements of a successful energy transition.

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Yanotti: “If we add electric cars without storage to consumption, the situation becomes critical”

Yanotti: “If we add electric cars without storage to consumption, the situation becomes critical”

To avoid “cuts” caused by connecting electric vehicles to the network, it will be essential to update the distributed generation law. Next, the opinion of the Undersecretary of Electric Power of the Nation.

At the beginning of 2023, the undersecretary of Electric Power of the Nation, Santiago Yanotti confirmed that the agency is working on regulatory material on energy storage and its relationship with electric vehicles.

To find out more details about this initiative, Portal Movilidad talks with the president, who explains:

“The importance is given by the need to guarantee safety and reliability in the electrical system.”

“In periods of peak consumption, cuts occur due to the inability to supply the demand. If we add electric vehicles without storage, the situation becomes more critical. It is not essential to start, but it is to achieve mass electromobility ”, adds the undersecretary.

It should be remembered that this work is carried out within the framework of the efforts being made by the National Secretariat of Energy to modify the current standard of distributed generation.

In this way, the agency will seek to make further progress throughout the country and meet the objectives set forth in both Law No. 27424 and Law No. 27191 and the various climate change mitigation plans.

At the time, Yanotti anticipated Energía Estratégica: “The Ministry of Energy convened the regulatory framework commission of the Federal Energy Council to discuss modifications to the distributed generation regulations that allow for greater development.”

And he adds: “The reality is that, as provided for in the law, it is not possible to comply and many provinces report that the rule prevents progress, according to their own regulations, since it is injected into distribution networks, which are provincial jurisdictions” .

As of today, from the organization they are “analyzing comparative legislation and dialoguing with sectoral actors”.

In addition, with regard to sustainable mobility, they participate in different sectoral tables made up of the public and private sectors.

Latin American distributors “demand” to update regulations. The need to make modifications to the rules that regulate the use of energy is not a problem that concerns only Argentina.

On the contrary, Ignacio Santelices, executive director of the Association of Latin American Electric Power Distributors (ADELAT), during the Mobility Portal event entitled “Electric and Sustainable Mobility in Latin America and the Caribbean – Success Stories 2023”, indicates:

“The world of distribution is demanding to update regulations that have been going on for decades and respond to a different logic.”

“In this scenario of electrification of consumption and in which we are going to multiply the amount of electricity, we have to work with different logics,” adds Santelices.

It is worth mentioning that making these modifications becomes essential considering that, according to ADELAT, in less than 15 years in the capital cities of the region between 700,000 and one million electric vehicles will circulate.

Faced with this scenario, Santelices acknowledges: “We have to prepare the electrical networks for that moment and for this we must make new investments, have new regulations, flexibility and digitization in order to have the charging systems coordinated.”

Fountain: https://portalmovilidad.com/yanotti-vehiculos-electricos-sin-almacenamiento/