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 *[http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:749642/FULLTEXT01.pdf Energy Security and Sustainable Development Implications for Guatemala of the Electricity Generation Expansion Plan 2014-2028]<br/>
 *[https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/w-009-9340?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&firstPage=true&comp=pluk&bhcp=1 Overview of the Electricity Regulation in Guatemala]
-*PTB project "[[:File:PTB_project_LAC_Energy_95309_EN.pdf|Quality Infrastructure for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy]]" in Latin America and the Caribbean
+*[https://www.ptb.de/cms/en.html PTB] project "[[:File:PTB project LAC Energy 95309 EN.pdf|Quality Infrastructure for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy]]" in Latin America and the Caribbean

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 *[https://trackingsdg7.esmap.org/country/guatemala Tracking SDG7 in Guatemala 2018]
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 *[http://uu.diva-portal.org/smash/get/diva2:749642/FULLTEXT01.pdf Energy Security and Sustainable Development Implications for Guatemala of the Electricity Generation Expansion Plan 2014-2028]<br/>
 *[https://uk.practicallaw.thomsonreuters.com/w-009-9340?transitionType=Default&contextData=(sc.Default)&firstPage=true&comp=pluk&bhcp=1 Overview of the Electricity Regulation in Guatemala]
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-*The policy is aligned with a number of international conventions , which are related to the energy sector, in addition to the national legal and policy framework<ref name="Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). (2015). Energy Policy 2013-2027. Retrieved From: http://www.mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Energy-Policy-2013-2027.pdf">Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). (2015). Energy Policy 2013-2027. Retrieved From: http://www.mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Energy-Policy-2013-2027.pdf</ref>.
+*The energy policy 2013-2027 is based on the following laws and decrees<ref name="Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). (2015). Energy Policy 2013-2027. Retrieved From: http://www.mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Energy-Policy-2013-2027.pdf">Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). (2015). Energy Policy 2013-2027. Retrieved From: http://www.mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Energy-Policy-2013-2027.pdf</ref>:
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 == Geothermal ==
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 Crude oil production in Guatemala has high potential, with estimations suggesting the possibility of reaching 50000 barrels/day<ref name="Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf">Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf</ref>. Main Guatemalan products in that regard are: ''''''heavy crude oil'''''' with API gravities 10-22.3 & ''''''bitter'''''' with Sulphur percentages > 1%<ref name="Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf">Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf</ref>.
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 *Other regulating institutions<ref name="Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf">Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf</ref>: Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources - The Protected Areas Commission
 *The laws which established the different regulatory roles of these institutions<ref name="Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf">Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf</ref>: [https://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1244&context=la_energy_policies The Hydrocarbon Law (Decree 109-83)] - The Law for Commercialization of Hydrocarbons (Decree 109-97) - The Regulation for Invitations to submit offers to conclude oil exploration and exploitation contracts (Government Agreement 764-92)&nbsp;
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 == The Energy Policy 2013-2027 ==
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-|+ <br/>Table.18: Guatemalan Energy Sector Major Institutions and their Roles<ref name="Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf">Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf</ref><ref name="Espinasa, R. Balza, L. Hinestrosa, C. and Sucre, C. (2013). Energy Dossier: Guatemala. Retrieve From: https://publications.iadb.org/bitstream/handle/11319/3856/Dossier%2005%20Guatemala%20Eng.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y">Espinasa, R. Balza, L. Hinestrosa, C. and Sucre, C. (2013). Energy Dossier: Guatemala. Retrieve From: https://publications.iadb.org/bitstream/handle/11319/3856/Dossier%2005%20Guatemala%20Eng.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y</ref><ref name="Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). (2015). Energy Policy 2013-2027. Retrieved From: http://www.mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Energy-Policy-2013-2027.pdf">Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). (2015). Energy Policy 2013-2027. Retrieved From: http://www.mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Energy-Policy-2013-2027.pdf</ref><br/>
+|+ <br/>Table.19: Guatemalan Energy Sector Major Institutions and their Roles<ref name="Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf">Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf</ref><ref name="Espinasa, R. Balza, L. Hinestrosa, C. and Sucre, C. (2013). Energy Dossier: Guatemala. Retrieve From: https://publications.iadb.org/bitstream/handle/11319/3856/Dossier%2005%20Guatemala%20Eng.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y">Espinasa, R. Balza, L. Hinestrosa, C. and Sucre, C. (2013). Energy Dossier: Guatemala. Retrieve From: https://publications.iadb.org/bitstream/handle/11319/3856/Dossier%2005%20Guatemala%20Eng.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y</ref><ref name="Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). (2015). Energy Policy 2013-2027. Retrieved From: http://www.mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Energy-Policy-2013-2027.pdf">Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). (2015). Energy Policy 2013-2027. Retrieved From: http://www.mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Energy-Policy-2013-2027.pdf</ref><br/>
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-|+ Table.19: The Three Major Distributing Companies in Guatemala<ref name="Espinasa, R. Balza, L. Hinestrosa, C. and Sucre, C. (2013). Energy Dossier: Guatemala. Retrieve From: https://publications.iadb.org/bitstream/handle/11319/3856/Dossier%2005%20Guatemala%20Eng.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y">Espinasa, R. Balza, L. Hinestrosa, C. and Sucre, C. (2013). Energy Dossier: Guatemala. Retrieve From: https://publications.iadb.org/bitstream/handle/11319/3856/Dossier%2005%20Guatemala%20Eng.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y</ref><ref name="Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). (2015). Energy Policy 2013-2027. Retrieved From: http://www.mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Energy-Policy-2013-2027.pdf">Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). (2015). Energy Policy 2013-2027. Retrieved From: http://www.mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Energy-Policy-2013-2027.pdf</ref>
+|+ Table.20: The Three Major Distributing Companies in Guatemala<ref name="Espinasa, R. Balza, L. Hinestrosa, C. and Sucre, C. (2013). Energy Dossier: Guatemala. Retrieve From: https://publications.iadb.org/bitstream/handle/11319/3856/Dossier%2005%20Guatemala%20Eng.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y">Espinasa, R. Balza, L. Hinestrosa, C. and Sucre, C. (2013). Energy Dossier: Guatemala. Retrieve From: https://publications.iadb.org/bitstream/handle/11319/3856/Dossier%2005%20Guatemala%20Eng.pdf?sequence=6&isAllowed=y</ref><ref name="Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). (2015). Energy Policy 2013-2027. Retrieved From: http://www.mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Energy-Policy-2013-2027.pdf">Ministry of Energy and Mines (MEM). (2015). Energy Policy 2013-2027. Retrieved From: http://www.mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Energy-Policy-2013-2027.pdf</ref>
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 *Issuing an opinion on the scope of its own jurisdiction over the policies and projects of other public institutions, in order to indicate the situation of the energy development in the country
 *Exercising regulatory, control and suprvisory roles with relation to electricity and the laws governing it
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 *These three entities govern the whole sub-sector with all its<ref name="Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf">Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf</ref>: generators - transporters - distributors - large users - marketers.
-*The Electricity Law (Decree No. 93-96)&nbsp;is the main governing framwork of the sub-sector<ref name="Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf">Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf</ref>, which states that the electricity generation in the country is free, and does not require state authorization<ref name="Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf">Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf</ref>. The authorization is only required, when the generation exceeds 5MW, which is then granted by the Ministry of Energy and Mines<ref name="Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf">Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf</ref>.&nbsp;
+*[http://www.mem.gob.gt/wp-content/uploads/2012/05/Reglamento-de-LGE.pdf The Electricity Law (Decree No. 93-96)]&nbsp;is the main governing framwork of the sub-sector<ref name="Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf">Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf</ref>, which states that the electricity generation in the country is free, and does not require state authorization<ref name="Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf">Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf</ref>. The authorization is only required, when the generation exceeds 5MW, which is then granted by the Ministry of Energy and Mines<ref name="Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf">Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf</ref>.&nbsp;
 *Further important laws forming the legal framwork in the sub-sector<ref name="Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf">Ávalos, C. (2014). Invest in Guatemala: Energy and Oil – Industry in Guatemala. Retrieved From: http://www.investinguatemala.org/sites/default/files/2-energy-oil_eng.pdf</ref>: Regulation of the Wholesale Market Administrator (Governmental Agreement 299-98) - Social Tariff Law for Electric Power Supply (Decree 96-200) - The Law of Incentives for the Development of Renewable Energy Projects (Decree 53-2003).