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Law For The Use Of Renewable Energy And Energy Transition Financing

Original Language Title: Ley para el Aprovechamiento de Energías Renovables y el Financiamiento de la Transición Energética

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Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of the Energy Transition

LAW FOR THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THE FINANCING OF THE ENERGY TRANSITION

New Law published in the Official Journal of the Federation on 28 November 2008

Latest reforms published DOF 07-06-2013

On the sidelines a seal with the National Shield, which reads: United Mexican States.-Presidency of the Republic.

FELIPE DE JESUS CALDERÓN HINOJOSA, President of the United Mexican States, to its inhabitants known:

That the Honorable Congress of the Union, has served to address the following

DECREE

"THE GENERAL CONGRESS OF THE MEXICAN UNITED STATES, D E C R E T A:

THE LAW FOR THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THE FINANCING OF THE ENERGY TRANSITION

ONLY ARTICLE. The Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of the Energy Transition is issued to remain as follows:

LAW FOR THE USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY AND THE FINANCING OF THE ENERGY TRANSITION

Chapter I.- General Provisions

Article 1o.- This Law is of general public order and observance throughout the Mexican Republic. It aims to regulate the use of renewable energy sources and clean technologies to generate electricity for purposes other than the provision of the public electricity service, as well as to establish the national strategy and the instruments for financing the energy transition.

The regulation of the following sources for generating electricity is excluded from the present Law:

I.      Radioactive minerals to generate nuclear power;

II.- Hydraulic power with capacity to generate more than 30 megawatts, except when:

a) Storage less than 50 thousand cubic meters of water or having a surface reservoir less than one hectare and does not exceed that water storage capacity. These reservoirs must be located within the building on which the generator has a real right.

b) Be already existing reservoirs, even of a larger capacity, that are suitable for generating electricity.

c) Its power density, defined as the ratio between generation and surface capacity of the reservoir, be greater than 10 watts/m2.

III.   Industrial or any type of waste when incinerated or otherwise treated as heat treatment, and

IV.    Use of sanitary fillers that do not comply with environmental regulations.

Article 2o.- The use of renewable energy sources and the use of clean technologies is of public utility and will be carried out in the framework of the National strategy for the energy transition through which the Mexican State will promote energy efficiency and sustainability, as well as the reduction of dependence on hydrocarbons as a primary source of energy.

The Regulation of this Law will establish the specific criteria for the use of different sources of renewable energy, as well as the promotion of research and development of clean technologies for their use.

Article 3o.- For the purposes of this Act, the following definitions apply:

I.      Commission.- The Energy Regulatory Commission;

II.    Renewable energies.- Those regulated by this Law, the source of which resides in the phenomena of nature, processes or materials that are susceptible to being transformed into energy that are used by humanity, which are naturally regenerated, so that are available on a continuous or periodic basis, and listed below:

a) The wind;

b) Solar radiation, in all its forms;

c) Water movement in natural or artificial channels;

d) Ocean energy in its various forms, namely: tidal waves, tidal waves, sea currents and the concentration gradient salt;

e) Heat from geothermal fields;

f) Bioenergy, as determined by the Law on the Promotion and Development of Bioenergy, and

g) Those other than, where appropriate, determine the Secretariat, the source of which complies with the first paragraph of this fraction;

III. Externalities. The positive or negative impacts generated by the provision of a good or service that affect or affect a third person. Externalities occur when the cost paid for a good or service is different from the total cost of damages and benefits in economic, social, environmental and health terms, involving their production and consumption;

IV.    Strategy.- The National Strategy for Energy Transition and Sustainable Energy Use;

V.     Generator.- A natural person of Mexican nationality or a moral person established in accordance with Mexican law and residing in the national territory, who generates electricity from renewable energy sources;

VI.    Law.- The Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of Energy Transition;

VII. Program.- The Special Program for the Use of Renewable Energy;

VIII.            Secretariat.- The Energy Secretariat, and

IX.    Supplier.- The One who establishes the Law of the Public Power Service.

Article 4.- The use of water bodies, bioenergy, wind and geothermal resources, as well as the exploitation of minerals associated with geothermal fields, for the production of electrical energy, shall be subjected and carried out in accordance with the applicable legal provisions in this field.

Chapter II.-Authority

Article 5o.- The Federal Executive, through the Secretariat, shall exercise the privileges conferred by this Law.

Article 6o.- Corresponds to the Secretariat:

I.      Develop and coordinate the execution of the Program;

II.    Coordinate the Advisory Council for Renewable Energy, whose objective will be to know the opinions of the various sectors related to the subject. The Regulation of this Law shall establish the terms in which such a Council shall be constituted and operated;

III.   In coordination with the Secretariat of Economy, define policies and measures to encourage greater national integration of equipment and components for the use of renewable energy and its efficient transformation;

IV.    To observe the international commitments made by Mexico regarding the use of renewable energy and climate change, the fulfillment of which is related to this Law;

V.     Observe what is established in national climate change mitigation programs;

VI.   Establish and update the National Renewable Energy Inventory, with short-term programs and medium-and long-term plans and perspectives included in the Special Program for the Use of Renewable Energy and in the National Strategy for Energy Transition and Sustainable Energy Use;

VII.             Develop and publish the national atlas of feasible areas to develop renewable energy generating projects, and

VIII.           Other than in this matter grant you this Law or other ordinances.

Article 7o.- Without prejudice to the laws of its own law, the Energy Regulatory Commission shall have the following powers:

I.      Issue the rules, directives, methodologies and other administrative provisions governing the generation of electricity from renewable energy, in accordance with the provisions of this Law, taking into account the energy established by the Secretariat;

II.    Establish, after the opinion of the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit and the Secretariat of Energy, the instruments of regulation for the calculation of the consideration for the services provided to each other by the Suppliers and the Generators;

III.   Request the Supplier to review and, where appropriate, modify the dispatch rules, to comply with the provisions of this Law;

IV.    To request the National Energy Control Center to adapt the law enforcement rules to ensure compliance with the law;

V.     Issue the methodologies to determine the contribution of the generation of renewable energy technologies to the National Electrical System. For the elaboration of such methodologies, it will consider the information provided by the Suppliers, the research carried out by specialized institutes, the best practices of the industry and other national evidence international;

VI.    Issue the general rules of interconnection to the National Electrical System to be proposed by the Suppliers, listening to the opinion of the Generators, and

VII. To issue the energy exchange procedures and the corresponding compensation systems for all self-catering projects and systems, cogeneration or small production for renewable energy, which are connected with the National Electrical System networks.

Article 8o.- The Federal Executive, through the Energy Secretariat, will be able to sign agreements and coordination agreements with the governments of the District Federal or State, with the participation in their case of the Municipalities, with the object that, in the field of their respective competences:

I.      Establish a basis for participation to implement the provisions issued by the Federal Executive in accordance with this Law;

II.    Promote actions to support industrial development for the use of renewable energy;

III.   Provide access to those areas with a high potential for renewable energy sources for their use and promote the compatibility of land uses for such purposes;

IV.    Establish land use and construction regulations, which take into account the interests of landowners or land holders for the use of renewable energy, and

V.     Simplify administrative procedures for obtaining permits and licenses for renewable energy projects.

Article 9o.- The Economy Secretariat, in coordination with the Energy Secretariat, will define policies and measures to promote greater national integration. of equipment and components for the use of renewable energy and its efficient transformation.

Article 10.- The Energy Secretariat, with the opinion of the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit, of the Secretariat of Environment and Natural Resources, and the Health Secretariat, will develop a methodology to assess the externalities associated with the generation of electricity, from the various renewable and non-renewable sources in its various scales, as well as the policy actions to which refers to this Law, related to such externalities. Based on this methodology and policy actions, the Environment and Natural Resources Secretariat will design environmental regulatory mechanisms for the use of renewable energy.

Chapter III.-Planning and Regulation

Article 11.- The Energy Secretariat will develop and coordinate the implementation of the Program, for which it will:

I.      Promote social participation during the planning, implementation and evaluation of the Program, in accordance with the provisions of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States and other applicable laws;

II.    Set specific targets and targets for the use of renewable energy, as well as define the strategies and actions needed to achieve them;

III. Set targets for the participation of renewable energy in electricity generation, which should gradually increase on the basis of economic viability and existing technical potential. These targets should be updated and reported semi-annually, and expressed in terms of minimum installed capacity percentages and minimum electricity supply percentages, and will include targets for suppliers and generators.

Where the objectives referred to in the preceding paragraph are not established by negligence or inexcusable cause or are not updated and reported semi-annually targets, public servants who incur such non-compliance will be sanctioned in terms of the provisions of Articles 8 and 13 and other applicable of the Federal Law on Administrative Responsibilities of Public Servants.

IV.    Include the construction of the necessary electrical infrastructure works so that renewable energy projects can be interconnected with the National Electrical System;

V.     Include in the goals the greatest possible diversity of renewable energies, taking into account their availability in the different regions of the country and the natural cycles of these sources, in order to increase their contribution of capacity to the System National Electrical;

VI.    Ensure consistency between the Program and other energy sector planning instruments;

VII. Define strategies to encourage projects that from renewable energy sources provide electricity to rural communities that do not have this service, whether or not they are isolated from power grids, and

VIII.            Define strategies to promote the realization of electricity generation projects from renewable energies, preferably for owners or owners of land and rights subjects natural persons involved in such projects.

The Program will be mandatory for the Entities and Dependencies of the Federal Public Administration, within the scope of their respective competencies, and must be released to the public.

Article 12.- In the preparation of the Program, the Secretariat will consider the potential net economic benefits of being generated by the use of the renewable energy.

Article 13.- The Energy Secretariat shall consider the benefits referred to in Article 12 of this Law, in the economic assessment of the projects of use of renewable energies by the Suppliers.

Article 14.- The Commission, after the opinion of the Secretaries of Finance and Public Credit, Energy, Environment and Natural Resources, and Health, determine the minimum and maximum consideration to be paid by suppliers to generators using renewable energy. Such consideration shall include payments for costs arising from generation capacity and for the generation of energy associated with the project.

The calculation of the consideration will take into account the technology, the geographic location of the projects and the externalities derived, with respect to the electricity generated with non-renewable energy.

Article 15.- The Commission will issue guidelines to the subject of contract models between the Suppliers and the Generators using energy renewable.

Article 16.- Suppliers must enter into long-term contracts with the Generators who use renewable energy that has a permit from the Commission, in accordance with guidelines issued by the same Commission.

Article 17.- In the case of the sale of the energy that is left over rationally after the consumption of the production, in accordance with the provisions of the Law of the Public Energy Service of self-catering projects with renewable energy or electricity cogeneration, the consideration shall be determined in accordance with the methodology to be approved by the Commission.

Article 18.- The National Electrical System will receive electricity produced from renewable energy from self-supply projects or projects of electricity cogeneration, in accordance with the provisions of Article 36a of the Law on the Public Service of Electrical Energy and in accordance with the provisions of this Regulation.

Generators shall be subject to the conditions laid down by the Commission for the driving, processing and delivery of electrical energy, in accordance with the provisions of the Law of the Energy Regulatory Commission.

Article 19.- Suppliers shall receive reasonable surpluses in accordance with the operating and economic conditions of the electrical system, as well as geographical distribution and variability in the time of the different technologies for the use of renewable energy.

Article 20.- The powers of the Commission referred to in Article 7o. of this Law shall apply to electricity cogeneration systems even if they do not use renewable energy, in accordance with the definitions laid down in Article 36 (II) of the Law on the Public Service of Electrical Energy, provided that such systems comply with the efficiency criterion established by the Commission itself.

Article 21.- Projects for generating electricity from renewable energy with a capacity of greater than 2.5 Megawatts will ensure:

I.      Ensure the participation of local and regional communities, through meetings and public consultations convened by municipal, ejido or communal authorities; in such meetings, the participation of the projects in the the social development of the community;

II.    As appropriate in the respective contract, pay the lease to the owners of the premises or land occupied by the renewable energy project; the periodicity of the payments may be agreed with the persons concerned, but in no way Case shall be less than twice a year;

III.   Promote social development in the community, in which generation projects with renewable energy are implemented, in accordance with international best practices and to meet the applicable standards for rural development sustainable, environmental protection and agricultural rights.

Chapter IV.-From the National Strategy for Energy Transition and Sustainable Use of the Energy

Article 22.- The Strategy is established as the mechanism by which the Mexican State will promote policies, programs, actions and projects aimed at to achieve greater use and use of renewable energy sources and clean technologies, to promote energy efficiency and sustainability, as well as the reduction of Mexico's dependence on hydrocarbons as a source primary energy.

Article 23.- The Strategy, headed by the Secretariat, will have the primary objective of promoting the use, development and investment in energy renewable to which this Law and energy efficiency are concerned.

Article 24.- In order to efficiently exercise public sector resources, avoiding its dispersion, the Strategy will include budgetary mechanisms. to ensure the congruence and consistency of actions to promote the use of clean technologies and renewable energy mentioned in the previous article, as well as the saving and optimal use of all kinds of energy in all processes and activities, from their exploitation to their consumption.

The Strategy, in terms of the applicable provisions, will consolidate the provisions of public sector resources in the Federation's Government Budget. Teeth to:

I.      Promote and encourage the use and application of technologies for the use of renewable energy, energy efficiency and energy savings;

II.    Promote and disseminate the use and application of clean technologies in all productive activities and in domestic use;

III.   Promote the diversification of primary energy sources by increasing the supply of renewable energy sources;

IV.    Establish a standardization program for energy efficiency;

V.    Promote and disseminate measures for energy efficiency as well as energy saving;

VI.   Propose the measures necessary for the population to have access to reliable, timely and easy to consult information regarding the energy consumption of equipment, appliances and vehicles that require the supply of energy for their operation;

VII.             Propose the creation of funds and trusts that aim to support research, promotion and exploitation of scientific and technological research in the field of renewable energy, and

VIII.           Promote the use of renewable energy in the buildings of the agencies and agencies of the federal public administration, in accordance with the geographical characteristics, technical possibilities and economic viability of each of the them.

Article 25.- The Federal Executive, in sending to the Chamber of Deputies the draft budget decree of the Federation for Fiscal Exercise It will consolidate the public sector resources that it proposes to establish within the Strategy.

The minimum amount of resources to be programmed for subsequent fiscal years will be updated every three years, considering among others, the real growth of the the economy and real growth of programmable public sector expenditure, in accordance with the provisions to be established in the Federation Budget of the Federation concerned.

Article 26.-Each year the Secretariat will carry out the update of the Strategy and present a forward-looking perspective on the progress made in the transition energy and the sustainable use of renewable energy, including a diagnosis on the applications of clean technologies and renewable energy, as well as on the saving and optimal use of all kinds of energy. Additionally, every six months the Secretariat will update and publish the goals for the participation of renewable energy in the generation of electricity.

Article 27.- The Energy Transition and Sustainable Energy Use Fund is created.

The Fund will have a technical committee made up of representatives of the Energy Secretariat, who will chair it, Finance and Public Credit, Agriculture, Livestock, Rural Development, Fisheries and Food, Environment and Natural Resources, Federal Electricity Commission, Light and Force Company of the Mexican Petroleum Institute, Institute of Electrical Research and the National Council for Science and Technology.

The committee will issue rules for the administration, allocation and distribution of resources in the Fund, in order to promote the objectives of the Strategy.

Also, with the purpose of strengthening the financing available for the energy transition, energy saving, clean technologies and the use of renewable energy, the technical committee referred to in this Article, may agree that non-recoverable resources for the granting of credit guarantees or other financial support for projects that comply with the Fund shall be used. with the object of the Strategy.

Article 28.- The resources of the Strategy should be exercised based on the principles of honesty, legality, productivity, efficiency, effectiveness, and accountability. of accounts, government transparency and maximum publicity.

Article 29.- The Strategy will be subject to the control, audit, evaluation and accountability mechanisms that establish the legal provisions, in order to ensure compliance with the principles listed in the preceding article.

Article 30.- The Federal Executive, the governments of the federal entities, the Federal District and the Municipalities, will be able to sign agreements with the Suppliers with a view to jointly carrying out projects for the use of renewable energy available on their territory.

Article 31.- The Federal Executive will design and implement policies and measures to facilitate the flow of resources derived from mechanisms International financing related to climate change mitigation.

These policies and measures will promote the implementation of international mechanisms aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions, according to the with the applicable environmental legislation. Also, the Dependencies, competent entities, or to whom they designate, will be able to carry out the same as the Suppliers, the role of intermediaries between the projects of exploitation of the renewable energies and the buyers of emission reduction certificates for greenhouse gases in the international market.

Transient

First. This Law shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the Federation.

Second. The Chamber of Deputies will provide what is needed in the Federation's Government Budget for the Energy Secretariat to have the human resources available. and materials to comply with the privileges conferred by this Decree.

Third. Within a period not longer than six months after the publication of this Law, the Secretariat shall submit, in accordance with the applicable provisions, the Program for the consideration and approval of the President of the Republic.

Fourth. Within a period not longer than six months after the publication of this Law, the Federal Executive shall constitute the mechanism referred to in Article 31 thereof and publish its operating rules.

Fifth. Within a period of no more than eight months after the publication of this Law, the Federal Executive shall publish the respective Regulations.

Sixth. Within a period of no more than six months after the publication of this Law, the Secretariat of the Environment and Natural Resources shall publish the set out in Article 10.

Seventh. Within a period not greater than nine months after the publication of this Law, the Secretariat shall publish the provisions laid down in section III of Article 6o.

Eighth. Within nine months of the publication of this Law, the Commission shall issue the models of contract referred to in the Article 15.

Ninth. Within nine months of the publication of this Law, the Secretariat shall publish the methodology set out in its Article 10.

Tenth. The Secretariat, for the establishment of the goals for the participation of renewable energies, will consider the financial resources provided by the conventions and treaties of which Mexico is a party, as well as international financing programs that have been designed or implemented before the date of publication of this Law.

Tenth First. In the Federation Budget for Fiscal Year 2009, three billion pesos will be allocated for the Transition Fund. Energy and Sustainable Energy Use.

Before June 30, 2009, the Secretariat of Finance and Public Credit will consolidate information on the provisions of public sector resources included in the Budget of the Federation for Fiscal Year 2009, referred to in Article 24 of this Law. Based on this information, the minimum amount of resources to be programmed in subsequent fiscal years will be established. The above information will be sent to the Union Congress for knowledge.

In addition, for each of the fiscal years 2010 and 2011, the amount proposed in the draft budget decree of the Federation for the Fund to the Fund Article 27 of this Law will be three billion pesos. The above amount should be updated by the expected variation of the National Consumer Price Index between 2009 and the year to be assumed.

Tenth Second. No later than June 30, 2009, the Federal Executive, through the Secretariat, will publicly present the National Strategy for the Energy Transition and Sustainable Energy Use.

Mexico, D.F., as of October 28, 2008.-Sen. Gustavo Madero Muñoz, President.-Dip. Cesar Horacio Duarte Jaquez, President.-Sen. Renan Cleominio Zoreda Novelo, Secretary.-Dip. Jacinto Gomez Pasillas, Secretary.-Rubicas."

In compliance with the provisions of Article 89 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, and for their due publication and observance, I request the present Decree in the Federal Executive Branch, in Mexico City, Federal District, twenty-seven November of two thousand eight.- Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa.-Rubrica.-The Secretary of the Interior, Fernando Francisco Gómez Mont Urueta.-Heading.


TRANSITIONAL ARTICLES OF REFORM DECREES

DECREE by which Articles 3o., fraction III; 10; 11, fraction III; 14 and 26 of the Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Energy Transition Financing; and 36 Bis from the Public Power Utility Act.

Published in the Official Journal of the Federation on 1 June 2011

Article First.- Articles 3o., fraction III; 10; 11, fraction III; 14 and 26 all of the Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of the Energy Transition, to remain as follows:

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TRANSIENT

First. This Decree shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the Federation.

Second. For the purposes of section III of article 11 of the Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of the Energy Transition, the Secretary of Energy will set a target for a maximum share of 65 percent of fossil fuels in electric power generation by 2024, 60 percent in 2035, and 50 percent in 2050.

Third. No later than March 1, 2012, the Energy Secretariat must present to the Energy Committee of the Chamber of Deputies, a preliminary report on progress in meeting the goals set out in the Second Transitional Article of this Decree.

Fourth. Within a maximum period of one year from the date of entry into force of this Decree, the Federal Executive shall issue the modifications corresponding to the Regulation of the Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of the Energy Transition. The Energy Secretariat shall, within the same period of time, issue the other applicable provisions for which the issue falls within its competence.

Mexico, D.F., at December 15, 2010.-Sen. Manlio Fabio Beltrones Rivera, President.-Dip. Jorge Carlos Ramírez Marin, President.-Sen. Renan Cleominio Zoreda Novelo, Secretary.-Dip. Maria Dolores Del Rio Sanchez, Secretary.-Rubicas."

In compliance with the provisions of Article 89 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, and for their due publication and observance, I ask for this Decree in the Federal Executive Branch, in Mexico City, Federal District, thirty-one in May of two thousand eleven.- Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa.-Heading.-The Secretary of the Interior, José Francisco Blake Mora.-Heading.


DECREE for reform of section II of article 1. of the Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of Energy Transition.

Published in the Official Journal of the Federation on January 12, 2012

Single Article.- The II fraction of item 1o is reformed. of the Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of the Energy Transition, to remain as follows:

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TRANSIENT

FIRST. This Decree shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the Federation.

SECOND. For purposes of the article 1o. Part II, point (b), shall only be considered to be already existing reservoirs at the date of entry into force of this Decree.

Mexico, D.F., at 1 December 2011.-Dip. Emilio Chuayffet Chemor, President.-Sen. José González Morfin, President.-Dip. Balfre Vargas Cortez, Secretary.-Sen. Ludivina Menchaca Castellanos, Secretary.-Rubicas."

In compliance with the provisions of Article 89 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, and for their due publication and observance, I ask for this Decree in the Federal Executive Branch, in Mexico City, Federal District, at 11 January of two thousand twelve.- Felipe de Jesús Calderón Hinojosa.-Rubrica.-The Secretary of the Interior, Alejandro Alfonso Poire Romero.-Heading.


DECREE for which a fraction VII is added to Article 6o. of the Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of Energy Transition.

Published in the Official Journal of the Federation on March 21, 2013

Single Article.- A fraction VII is added, with the current one in its order, to Article 6o. of the Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of the Energy Transition, to remain as follows:

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TRANSIENT

Unique. This Decree shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the Federation.

Mexico, D.F., on February 14, 2013.-Sen. Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, President.-Dip. Patricia Elena Retamoza Vega, Vice President.-Sen. Maria Elena Barrera Tapia, Secretary.-Dip. Javier Orozco Gomez, Secretary.-rubrics."

In compliance with the provisions of Article 89 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, and for their due publication and observance, I ask for this Decree in the Federal Executive Branch, in Mexico City, Federal District, on 15 March of two thousand thirteen.- Enrique Peña Nieto.-Heading.-The Secretary of the Interior, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong.- Heading.


DECREE that is added a fraction VII to article 24 of the Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of the Energy Transition.

Published in the Official Journal of the Federation on April 23, 2013

Single Article.- A fraction VII is added to Article 24 of the Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of the Energy Transition, to remain as follows:

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Transient

Unique.- This Decree shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the Federation.

Mexico, D.F., as of March 12, 2013.-Sen. Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, President.-Dip. Francisco Arroyo Vieyra, President.-Sen. Rosa Adriana Díaz Lizama, Secretary.-Dip. Tanya Rellstab Carreto, Secretariat.-Rubics."

In compliance with the provisions of Article 89 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, and for their due publication and observance, I request the present Decree in the Federal Executive Branch, in Mexico City, Federal District, to eighteen of April, two thousand thirteen.- Enrique Peña Nieto.-Heading.-The Secretary of the Interior, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong.-Heading.


DECREE by which point (c) is added to Article 1 (II). of the Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of Energy Transition.

Published in the Official Journal of the Federation on June 7, 2013

Single Article. Added (c) to item 1o fraction II. of the Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of the Energy Transition, to remain as follows:

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Transient

Unique. This Decree shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the Federation.

Mexico, D.F., on April 29, 2013.-Sen. Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, President.-Dip. Francisco Arroyo Vieyra, President.-Sen. Maria Elena Barrera Tapia, Secretary.-Dip. Xavier Azuara Zuniga, Secretary.-headings."

In compliance with the provisions of Article 89 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, and for their due publication and observance, I request this Decree in the Federal Executive Branch, in Mexico City, Federal District, to five June of two thousand thirteen.- Enrique Peña Nieto.-Heading.-The Secretary of the Interior, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong.- Heading.


DECREE that a fraction VIII is added to Article 24 of the Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of the Energy Transition.

Published in the Official Journal of the Federation on June 7, 2013

Single Article. A fraction VIII is added to Article 24 of the Law for the Use of Renewable Energy and the Financing of the Energy Transition, to remain as follows:

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Transient

Unique. This Decree shall enter into force on the day following its publication in the Official Journal of the Federation.

Mexico, D.F., on April 29, 2013.-Sen. Ernesto Cordero Arroyo, President.-Dip. Francisco Arroyo Vieyra, President.-Sen. Rosa Adriana Díaz Lizama, Secretary.-Dip. Xavier Azuara Zuniga, Secretary.-headings."

In compliance with the provisions of Article 89 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican States, and for their due publication and observance, I request this Decree in the Federal Executive Branch, in Mexico City, Federal District, to five June of two thousand thirteen.- Enrique Peña Nieto.-Heading.-The Secretary of the Interior, Miguel Angel Osorio Chong.- Heading.