Mexico’s Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) stated that the rules that were published for the installation of electric and plug-in hybrid car chargers will allow boosting investments in this industry and advancing in terms of energy transition.
Leopoldo Melchi, President of the regulator, explained that a charging infrastructure network and a specific regulation are needed, and this instrument addresses the need as well as creating a digital platform that allows to know the development of the charging infrastructure in Mexico.
Eduardo Arroyo, Representative of the Ministry of Energy (SENER), said that the regulations will bring investments in a safe way, and will promote electromobility to contribute to the energy transition and decarbonization.
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In the same vein, Eugenio Grandio, President of Electromobility Association, said that in Mexico there are already 80 electric vehicle models available in the market, so the country has the potential to detonate electromobility as in other countries.
“Norway this month sold only 50 combustion cars and there are already more electric cars than gasoline cars on the streets. Ethiopia was the first country to ban combustion vehicles because they have great hydroelectric generation; Mexico should be part of the transition and should not be left behind, it should be a protagonist,” he said.
Regulatory Basis
The rules, which were published on September 10, establish that users who wish to install charging infrastructure for these vehicles must request a new electricity supply service contract independently from the electricity supply service they already receive.
In turn, the electrolineras, electroterminals and free charging stations may install Distributed Clean Generation Power Plants as a source of energy for charging vehicles, in addition to the electricity supply service, and must comply with the current regulatory framework, which includes the Manual for the Interconnection of Generation Plants with a Capacity of less than 0.5 MW.
Walter Julián, Commissioner of the CRE, explained that this regulation will be inserted little by little, but it is important that “we lay the first stone and that is what we are doing with these provisions that were built with various sectors such as academia, civil society, companies, there is not such a consensual regulation and the State did not yield its regulatory capacity either”.
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