Overview
- Decree 921/2025, published in the Boletín Oficial, authorizes delivering 16 priority transmission works through public concession tenders funded entirely by the private sector.
- The Secretariat of Energy will draft pliegos, call and evaluate bids, and award contracts, while the Ministry of Economy serves as the authority of application and control.
- The package totals more than 5,600 km of new lines with an estimated US$6.6 billion in investment to strengthen the network and reduce the risk of mass outages, particularly on saturated 500 kV corridors.
- In a parallel step, Resolution 2090/2025 opened a national and international process to sell the state’s Transener stake, with offers due March 23 via Contrat.Ar; press reports cite a base price near US$205 million and potential proceeds around US$300 million.
- Officials say the scheme lets private operators build, operate and maintain assets without direct fiscal outlays, addressing long-standing industry calls to unlock transmission investment under the current energy emergency.