Newsletter ACERA - Junio 2018

NEWS
ACERA’S PRESS COURSE ARRIVES FOR THE FIRST TIME TO LA ARAUCANÍA
ACERA travelled as far as La Araucanía region to continue developing the 2018 version of its
energy training for journalists. The activity was carried out at the Universidad de La Frontera
(UFRO) and was attended by around 25 communicators of the zone.
The initiative called “Energy and NCRE training program for the Press”, is sponsored by the
Ministry of Energy and the Solar Energy ¡ÉSTA Program ES of LA Corfo PRIMERA and could PLANTA be carried out thanks to
the funding of ACERA’s member company GEOTÉRMICA Wpd Chile. DE SUDAMÉRICA!
Darío Morales, ACERA’s Studies Director, who represented the Association as a speaker at the
course, stated after the activity that “we are very pleased with the attendance the course had in
Temuco, bringing renewable energies closer to a completely polluted region. It is extremely
relevant for ACERA to be able to contribute to the journalists’ knowledge, since they are
responsible for communicating, so that they can transmit in a simple way the messages of a
highly complex sector”.
For his part, José Quidel, professional of the Participation and Social Dialogue Division of
the Ministry of Energy, who lectured the module on participation and indigenous chapter,
expressed that “the importance of this event is also related to the region’s economic orientation.
The Impulsa Araucanía plan defined renewable energies as the third element of development,
after tourism and agriculture, and this implies making efforts and generating this kind of initiatives
to raise awareness on the scope of energy policies and the development of renewable energies”.
The activity, that has been attended by over 350 journalists, was carried out for the first time in La
Araucanía region, and adds to those carried out in the regions of Arica y Parinacota, Tarapacá,
Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo, Valparaíso, Biobío, Los Ríos, Los Lagos, and Metropolitana.
COMISIÓN NACIONAL DE ENERGÍA TURNS 40 YEARS OLD,
AND CELEBRATES IN GREAT STYLE
The Comisión Nacional de Energía, CNE (National Energy Commission), was officially launched
40 years ago with the publication of Decree-Law Nº2,224 in the Official Journal. Last June 21,
its fortieth anniversary was celebrated in great style.
The activity was headed by the Minister of Energy, Susana Jiménez, who emphasized the
contribution of the regulatory agency to the national energy industry. She also pointed out that
“the CNE is in charge of the tariff processes that have a great impact on the household,
commercial and industrial sectors. Searching the operational excellence for these processes is
an element that must be more present than ever”.
CNE’s Executive Secretary (S), Carolina Zelaya, stated at the occasion that “CNE’s history
involves the creation of markets, regulations, adaptation, and improvement. All the functions
required from us by the law and the sector could not be possibly fulfilled without the
professional and technical team working in the CNE”.
The ceremony comprised two discussion rounds, where seven former CNE’s Executive
Secretaries addressed the key milestones of these years, and the challenges that the CNE faces
for the next decade, called “Milestones of the CNE’s operation between 1978 and 2018” and
“CNE’s Challenges for the next decade”.
Source: CNE