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Carey

José Miguel Bustamante

Partner

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Energy
Infrastructure and Project Development

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Carey
Chile

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Partner of Carey and co-head of the firm’s Energy Group. His practice focuses on energy regulatory matters and various types of energy projects, including contracts for electricity, liquid fuels, natural gas, NCRE accreditations, use of transmission systems, gas transportation, engineering and construction of infrastructure projects, property and land use permits, environmental matters and litigation related to regulatory matters of the energy industry, and civil law.

Bar Admissions

Chile (1999).

Education

Law, Universidad Diego Portales.
Degree in Administrative Economic Law: Competitive and Regulated Markets, Universidad Católica de Chile (2006).

Areas of Practice

Energy | Infrastructure and Project Development

Professional Career

Significant Accomplishments

Recognized in Energy & Natural Resources, Chambers Latin America.
Recognized in Electricity, Oil and Gas, The Legal 500.
Recognized in Energy and Project Finance and Infrastructure, Latin Lawyer 250.
Recognized in Project Development, IFLR1000.
Recognized in Energy, Who's Who Legal.
Recognized in Energy, LACCA.
Recognized in Energy and Natural Resources, Best Lawyers.
Recognized in Energy and Natural Resources, Top Ranked Legal.

Professional Activities and Experience

Co-writer of the SIC-SING interconnection bill, approved as the Law N° 20,726 (2013).
Member of the writing committee of the Public Electric Highway, presented to the Congress by president Sebastián Piñera (2012).
Member of the Energy Ministry’s writing committee for the NCRE bill (Law N° 20,698) (2010).
Lawyer, GasAtacama, in the development and implementation of the legal strategies for several electricity and gas projects; in the negotiation and extension of electric supply and gas supply contracts, in its transportation, in industrial construction contracts; in the proceeding and obtention of electric, mining and gas transportation concessions, and in litigation for easement of access, and in project finance (1999-2007).
Member of the Chilean Bar Association.

Articles

Ministry of Energy Establishes Criteria for Requests of Unique Collective Permit Applicable to Power Generation Companies
Carey, July 2020

By means of Ordinary Resolution No. 675/2020 dated July 8th, 2020 (“Ordinary 675”), the Ministry of Energy established the criteria of the requests of Unique Collective Permits applicable to companies with power generation businesses in the context of the transit instructions issued by the sanitary authority due to the COVID-19 outbreak...

NEC Exempt Resolution No. 176 that Determines the Scope on the Exclusive Business Purpose of Energy Distribution Companies
Carey, June 2020

The National Energy Commission (“NEC”) issued on May 29, 2020 the Exempt Resolution No. 176 (“NEC ER 176”) that determines the scope on the exclusive business purpose and separate accountings of energy distribution companies, for the provision of the energy distribution public service according to what was set in Law No. 21,194. The NEC ER 176 was published in the Official Gazette on June 9, 2020...

CORFO Creates Green Credit to Boost Investment in Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency and Circular Economy Projects.
Carey, June 2020

On June 11, 2020, Resolution No. 29/2020 (“RES 29”) of the Chilean Economic Development Agency (“CORFO”), which approved the regulations that will govern the “Green Credit” program, was published in the Official Gazette. The RES 29 aims to endorse the investment in renewable energy projects during the economic contingency arising post Covid-19. (https://www.corfo.cl/sites/cpp/sala_de_prensa/nacional/10_06_2020_corfo_crea_credito_verde)...

Additional Articles

Co-author of Electricity Projects & Regulations, Latin Lawyer (2016-2017).

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