One of the main points of the LIE reform is based on a change in the order in which electricity is used, to prioritize power plants owned by the state-owned CFE. Cofece’s appeal pointed out that this subsection annuls the ability of private companies in the generation market to compete and said that the reform to the LIE also violated the rule of open access to distribution and transmission networks.
But most ministers have considered that the antitrust regulator does not have the power to challenge the changes to the secondary law. And in a brief discussion, which barely lasted an hour, he has dismissed the appeal.
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