Newsletter ACERA - Febrero 2018

NEWS
MEET THE NEW UNDERSECRETARY OF ENERGY: RICARDO IRARRÁZABAL
Source of Photo: SebastianPiñera.cl
Many names were mentioned to head the Ministerial Undersecretariats, but it was the
President-Elect himself, Sebastian Piñera, who put an end to speculations when – during an
unprecedented transmission through social media- he announced the list of
undersecretaries that will take over on next March 11. Some of the 35 names that will be
part of his future administration are members ¡ÉSTA of the ES Chile LA Vamos PRIMERA coalition, PLANTA and more than
half worked with him in his previous government. GEOTÉRMICA Such is the DE scenario SUDAMÉRICA! of the Ministry of
Energy, which will be headed by the lawyer Ricardo Irarrázabal, who was previously
Undersecretary of Environment during the first government of Piñera.
Irarrázabal is a lawyer from the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, graduated in
Natural Resources Law from the same University (2003), with a Master Degree in Law and a
Chevening Scholarship from the Centre for Energy, Petroleum & Mineral Law & Policy from
the Dundee University, Scotland (2005). He has been an Environment Partner in the law firm
Arteaga Gorziglia (2014-2017), executive director of the Environmental Assessment Service
(2013-2014), undersecretary of the Ministry of Environment (2010-2013), lawyer in Philippi,
Yrarrázaval, Pulido & Brunner (2001 – 2003 and 2007-2009), Ashurst (2006), McMillan (2006)
and Uría & Menéndez (2004), among other professional experiences.
To review the other undersecretariats, you may visit the web of the President-Elect: here.
FORMULA E ARRIVED IN CHILE, AND ACERA WAS PRESENT
The International Automobile Federation (FIA), is known worldwide for Formula 1 races,
but lately all eyes are turned on another car race, especially in our country: Formula E.
This is the latest bet of the FIA, as a way to align with the global concern for the care
of the environment.
The “E” of its name stands for “Electric”, since only all-electric cars can participate in
the race. The series -which started in 2014- was carried out in Chile for the first time
on last February 3, and the winners were two Techeetah pilots: Jean-Eric Vergne
(France) in the first place, and Andre Lotterer (Germany) in the second.
Source of photo: Juan Carlos
Recabal-Revista ELECTRICIDAD
Following this line, ACERA is interested in promoting the introduction of electric cars in
Chile, since it will be a key contribution for climate change mitigation and local
decontamination. But this should be accompanied by a renewable electric matrix
supporting this new technology, so that its objectives are fulfilled. This is why ACERA,
as the Association gathering all the NCRE sector in Chile, and one of the promoters of
electromobility, could not be absent from this event, and played an active part in the
race as one of the sponsors of its broadcasting.
Check the complete race here.