On August 17, 2026, the Ministry of Energy (“SENER”, per its acronym in Spanish) published in the Federal Official Gazette the Provisions setting forth the requirements for the purchase of Clean Energy Certificates for the years 2025 and 2026 (the "Provisions").
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The Provisions sets a Clean Energy Certificate ("CEL", per its acronym in Spanish) purchase requirement of 13.9% for both the 2025 and the 2026 compliance periods.
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The requirement remains unchanged from the percentage in force since 2022, the year in which SENER set the requirement at 13.9%.
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CEL are the instrument issued by the National Energy Commission (“CNE”, per its acronym in Spanish) evidencing the production of a given amount of electric power from clean energy sources, which contributes to meeting the requirements associated with the consumption of Load Centers.
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The obligated participants include Suppliers, Qualified Users that are Market Participants and End Users supplied through self-consumption,  are subject to compliance with the energy transition and decarbonization obligations through the acquisition of CELs.
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SENER is required to establish, within the first four months of each calendar year, the CEL purchase requirements to be met by obligated participants during the three years following their issuance, and may review and adjust them in line with the progress of the energy transition targets and with binding planning. Such requirements are set as a proportion of the total electric power consumed at Load Centers.
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The required CEL amount is determined by multiplying the requirement for the relevant compliance period by the total power received at the load center, in MWh, for the 2025 and 2026 compliance periods the applicable requirement is 13.9%.
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The requirements for 2027, 2028 and 2029 must be determined and published by SENER based on the methodology it issues for such purpose.

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