Iberdrola Continues to Pursue Dulces Nombres Permit
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Iberdrola Continues to Pursue Dulces Nombres Permit

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Eliza Galeana By Eliza Galeana | Junior Journalist & Industry Analyst - Mon, 10/03/2022 - 11:50

Iberdrola has filed for a new amparo, seeking to reverse CRE’s decision not to modify the generation permit of the Dulces Nombres power plant. The interconnection contract for the plant, which operated under a legacy self-supply scheme, ended in January of this year.

The Second District Court in Administrative Matters, specialized in economic competition, broadcasting and telecommunications, accepted the request of the company in August. With this measure, Iberdrola Energía Monterrey (IEM) aims to obtain the required generation permit for the power plant and continue operating after having avoided a fine of MX$9.14 billion (US$457 million) for unlawfully selling electricity to third parties.

According to file 276/2022 of the specialized court, the documentation of the case was requested by the second district court in administrative matters of Nuevo Leon this August, La Jornada reported. Nonetheless, as of September 27, the required information had not been sent, so the case is not yet moving forward. "... We hope this constitutes a delay and not a denial of the requested permits, which could affect the viability of the plant, in which we will initiate the pertinent legal claims", said Iberdrola in a report.

Previously, Iberdrola has won various lawsuits and gained protections, such as a case against grid operator CENACE based on the financial damages derived from the disconnection of their power plants Enertek and Dulces Nombres, respectively located in Tamaulipas and Nuevo Leon. 

Before the disconnection of both power plants earlier this year, the company had requested the renewal of the generation permits and the migration of its operation to the Wholesale Electricity Market (WEM), but the company saw its requests denied. Iberdrola said it would legally fight what it sees as regulatory injustices. The energy company has a market capitalization of around US$60 billion and revenues of US$38.4 billion. 

During the ordinary session held on September 29, CRE excluded load centers from various partners of 13 power plants, 10 belonging to subsidiaries of Iberdrola. This means that the partners of 10 of Iberdrola’s power plants will have to disconnect. CRE, authorized to disconnect partners from the plants owned by Iberdrola Energía Monterrey, Iberdrola Energía Altamira, Iberdrola Energía del Golfo, Iberdrola Energía La Laguna, Iberdrola Energía Tamazunchale, Enertek, Iberdrola Cogeneración Altamira, Iberdrola Cogeneración Ramos and Iberdrola Cogeneración Bajío.

 

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