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Claudia Cruces

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Claudia Cruces is a lawyer with a focus on power regulation and renewable energies. She has participated in bidding process for the concession of public services, projects and power purchase agreements in the sector. Also, has advised several private companies and public entities regarding the analysis of the regulations. She has also developed practice in national and international arbitrations in power matters.
She is also experienced in mergers and acquisitions, financing, and has participated in the acquisition transactions and sale of companies, assets and shares participations, including mergers, spin-offs, reorganizations and other corporate structures in the sector.
She has advised private companies in the development and operation of generation, transmission and distribution activities. As part of the advice, she has accompanied the clients in procedures before the authorities for the granting of the permits; sanctioning procedures, tariff procedures and controversies. As well, she has experience structuring and negotiating power purchase agreements, construction agreements, operation and maintenance agreements, and transmission agreements.

On 13 March 2024, Ministerial Resolution No. 104-2024-MINEM/DM (“Resolution”) was published. It approves the administrative measures that are subject to the prior consultation process in the electricity subsector. This Resolution annuls the regulations contained in Ministerial Resolution No. 209-2015-MEM/DM, only with respect to the electricity subsector.

On 24 March 2024, Law No. 31992, Law for the Promotion of Green Hydrogen (“Law”) came into force.
The Law promotes the use of green hydrogen, produced with low greenhouse gas emission technologies, as a fuel and energy vector. It declares these activities to be of national interest. Regulations for the Law’s application will be published within 180 days from its entry into force.

On 11 February, Ministerial Resolution No. 047-2023-MINEM/DM, which pre-publishes the “Draft Supreme Decree that establishes complementary provisions for the Detailed Environmental Plan regulated in the Regulation for Environmental Protection in Electrical Activities, approved by Supreme Decree No. 014-2019-EM” was published.