Francesca Milani assumed the presidency of the Association of Unregulated Energy Consumers (Acenor A.G.), where the large free clients of the local electricity system are represented, made up of mining, forestry and industrial companies, where new members were also incorporated.

The Association of Unregulated Energy Consumers (Acenor AG) highlighted the positive impact of the exclusion for two months (April and May) of the measurement of peak hours for the free customer sector, in the framework of the Covid pandemic -19 affecting Chile. Rubén Sánchez, executive director of the trade association, tells Electricidad that this reduction "brings a series of benefits to free customers," among which he mentions:

As a meeting point between the protagonists of the energy transition in Chile, to present, analyze, and debate the concerns about the participation of free customers in the electricity market, ACENOR held its annual meeting "Energy Transition: Period? opportunities and / or challenges for Free Clients? ”.

The Association of Unregulated Energy Consumers A.G. raises paying attention to a series of new regulations on the electrical issue. In a state of unease, many of the large customers are free before the energy price reductions announced by Law 20,936, and which to date have not been complied with. On the contrary, in some cases the increases in regulated charges have reached more than 20% of the rates.

Large customers suffer a sharp rise in electricity costs due to the new tariff system: The socialization of this charge among all users of the system caused this increase, which in some cases involved tripling the payment for this concept. Several large electricity consumers, in different parts of the country, have faced a significant rise in their energy costs a few months ago, derived from the change in the system with which the charge for the use of transmission lines is applied, as a result of the legal reform promoted by former minister Máximo Pacheco.

Considerando la continua transformación que está experimentando el sector eléctrico (nueva ley de transmisión y futura reforma a la ley de distribución), junto con el potencial aumento de la generación distribuida y la introducción de nuevas tecnologías, se enfrenta un escenario donde los consumidores chilenos debieran adoptar una postura más proactiva, tanto en la discusión regulatoria como en los cambios tecnológicos, los cuales afectarán directamente sus tarifas eléctricas y la calidad de su suministro. En la escena internacional, los consumidores frecuentemente cumplen un rol proactivo.