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Argentina Opens Competition to Appoint Board for Unified Gas and Power Regulator

The step keeps the restructuring on a 180‑day schedule ending January 3, 2026.

Overview

  • Resolution 388/2025, published in the Boletín Oficial and signed by Energy Secretary María Carmen Tettamanti, launches an open background-based selection for the ENRGE board.
  • The new ENRGE will replace the ENRE and Enargas under Law 27.742 and Decree 452/2025, centralizing oversight of electricity and natural gas.
  • The call covers five posts—president, vice president and three members—with a Selection Committee to be formed within 20 business days, followed by interviews and shortlists sent to the Energy Secretariat, the Economy Minister and then the Executive for final appointment.
  • The notice will run for three business days and applicants will have ten business days to file; prior registrants in ENRE or Enargas contests may be included unless they opt out.
  • Governance rules bar directors from holding interests in MEM participants or active gas firms, set five‑year renewable mandates with staggered expirations, and maintain current ENRE/Enargas staff conditions during the transition as the new body prepares to handle tariff reviews and a sector facing sizable 2026 subsidies.