CRE grants 48 permits to new gas stations

The Energy Regulatory Commission (CRE) granted this Friday in an extraordinary session of the governing body 48 permits for the startup of gas station operationswith which a total of 348 permits were granted so far this year, after complaints about paralysis of regulatory procedures in this administration.

However, Commissioner Norma Leticia Campos Aragón voted against 12 of the 48 approved permits, considering that although the information presented to the Commission is made under oath, the applicants registered some irregularities in their processes.

“We detected allegedly altered and manipulated documentation, we identified signatures from the same public servant that do not correspond between one file and another,” he assured, “as well as official seals from the same institution that does not correspond either, just to name a few.”

It should be remembered that between controversies and negative votes by the members of its governing body, on September 29 the Energy Regulatory Commission had the greatest activity it has shown since the present administration began and resolved a total of 283 private projects. both in electrical matters, such as oil products, natural gas and liquefied petroleum (LP), as well as legal and administrative aspects.

Of these, 230 were new permits granted, including 150 new gas stations.

This volume of permits stands out in relation to what had been granted between January and July: a total of 147 permits for service stations, so the projections of the National Organization of Petroleum Vendors (Onexpo) of significantly increasing the number of new establishments and closing even with more than triple the stations that opened in 2021, which were 114, could be met, although it should be remembered that the average number of new service stations from 2005 to date has been of 2,000 new establishments per year.

In any case, experts assured during the CRE session, there is an intention to reach a better understanding with private parties, whether national or foreign, after the meeting held by representatives of the regulator and permit holders last month in the CRE facilities.

karol.garcia@eleconomista.mx