Overview

• Osvaldo Rolando notified energy authorities on July 23 that he will step down as interventor of the Ente Nacional Regulador de la Electricidad effective August 1 citing strictly personal reasons.
• The new Quinquennial Tariff Review he led went into effect with monthly electricity and gas rate increases tied to past inflation through April 2030.
• Edenor and Edesur pledged roughly $2.1 billion in infrastructure upgrades to cut the average duration and frequency of power outages by 40%, facing sanctions if they miss targets.
• Decree 452/2025 requires merging ENRE and Enargas into the Ente Nacional Regulador del Gas y la Electricidad by late 2025 or early 2026, transferring personnel and assets while maintaining existing labor conditions.
• The government plans to reduce public-sector staffing and finalize the structure of the unified regulator as distributors mobilize investments under the new tariff framework.