CNPE starts 2023 with new composition

O CNPE (National Energy Policy Council) its composition was changed with the entry of six new ministries into the team.

The modification follows determination of the Decree No. 11.418 / 2023, published last Friday (24) and signed by the Minister of Mines and Energy, Alexandre Silveira, and the President of the Republic, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

The decree changes the structure provided for in Decree No. 3.520/2000, creating the CNPE, and inserts six new ministries in the formulation of policies and guidelines in the energy area.

“We are happy with the new structure, as the Ministries of Development, Industry, Commerce and Services came to reinforce CNPE’s actions; Indigenous Peoples, Agrarian Development and Family Farming; Planning and Budget; of Ports and Airports and Cities, considered strategic for the government of our president Lula and for strengthening energy policies in our country”, highlighted Minister Silveira, president of CNPE.

The published decree also updated the members of the CNPE in accordance with the new formation of the ministries. In this sense, the ministries are now part of:

• of Finance (formerly Economy);
• Transport (formerly Infrastructure);
• Agriculture and Livestock (formerly Agriculture and Livestock and Supply);
• Science, Technology and Innovation (before Science, Technology, Innovation and Communications);
• Environment and Climate Change (formerly Environment); It is
• of Regional Integration and Development (formerly Regional Development).

In addition to the MME, the CNPE also includes the Institutional Security Office of the Presidency of the Republic; the Civil House; and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs; in addition to the president of the Energy Research Company (EPE). The first meeting with the new CNPE composition should take place in the first week of March.