Peru’s Regulatory Agency for Investment in Energy and Mining (Osinergmin)

Peru’s Regulatory Agency for Investment in Energy and Mining (Osinergmin)

Peru

Sectors Regulated:

Electricity, Natural Gas, Fuel, Mines
  • Bernardo Monteagudo 222, Magdalena del Mar
    15076, Lima, Peru
  • +51 1 219 3410  | 0800-41-800
  • bestrada-at-osinergmin.gob.pe
  • www.osinergmin.gob.pe

Regulatory Authority General Information

  • Joined ERRA in 2018
  • Established in 1996

Responsibilities

  • Legal basis/ mandate
  • Law No 26734: Law of the Supervisor and Regulatory Agency in Energy.
  • Responsibilities
  • Electricity: – Establish tariffs in distribution and transmission stages; – Ensure service supply quality; – Supervise the security of infrastructure in all the stages; – Promote access to electricity. Natural gas: – Issue permits and licences; – Establish tariffs; – Promote competition; – Ensure service supply quality; – Protect grid stability; – Promote access to NG. Fuel: – Issue permits and licences; – Promote competition; – Ensure service supply quality; – Verify compliance with legal volumes in sales. Mines: – Verify compliance with legal permits and licences; – Supervise the security of infrastructure in all the stages.
  • Authorities
  • Independence: Osinergmin is a specialized and decentralized regulatory body with technical, administrative, economic and financial autonomy.
  • Reports to: Like all Peruvian regulators, it is attached to the Presidency of the Council of Ministers (PCM) and is subject to the regulatory framework issued by the Ministry of Energy and Mines of Peru (MINEM).

Organisational Structure

  • Organigram
  • Organigram: Osinergmin Peru (2021)
  • Internal Structure
  • Osinergmin has 5 Directors each of them appointed for 5 years. The directors are elected every two years in groups of 2.
  • Working Employees
  • • Decision-Making Level: 5
  • • Total Number of Employees: 845
  • Budget
  • Financial resources come from taxes on the sales of companies in the electricity, hydrocarbon and mining sectors.

Annual Report

Information will be available at a later stage.