Comisión Nacional de Energía (Spain)

The Comisión Nacional de la Energía (in short CNE and in English National Energy Commission) of Spain

Spain

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is the regulator of energy systems, created by Law 34/1998 of October 7, the hydrocarbons sector, and developed by Royal Decree 1339/1999 of 31 July, which adopted its regulation.

Its objectives are to ensure effective competition in energy systems and the objectivity and transparency of its operations for the benefit of all individuals who operate these systems and consumers. For this purpose, energy systems means the market power

Market power

In economics, market power is the ability of a firm to alter the market price of a good or service. In perfectly competitive markets, market participants have no market power. A firm with market power can raise prices without losing its customers to competitors...

and Markets hydrocarbon

Hydrocarbon

In organic chemistry, a hydrocarbon is an organic compound consisting entirely of hydrogen and carbon. Hydrocarbons from which one hydrogen atom has been removed are functional groups, called hydrocarbyls....

s both liquid and gaseous (natural gas

Natural gas

Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...

, oil

Oil

An oil is any substance that is liquid at ambient temperatures and does not mix with water but may mix with other oils and organic solvents. This general definition includes vegetable oils, volatile essential oils, petrochemical oils, and synthetic oils....

...).

Organization

The National Energy Commission is governed by a Board of Directors, composed of the President, Vice-President, six Directors and a Secretary, with voice but no vote. The President, Vice President and Directors are appointed by the Government of Spain, by Royal Decree on the proposal of Minister of Industry, for a term of six years, which could not be removed and may not be nominated by more than 2 terms (max 12).

The Council's current composition is:

President: Maria Teresa Costa Campi
Vice President: Fernando Marti Scharfhausen

Directors:
Maria del Carmen Fernandez Rozado

José Sierra López
Pawn Francisco Javier Torre
Luis Albentosa Puche
Jorge Fabra Utray
Jaime González González
Sebastià Ruscalleda i Gallart

The president of the CNE, Maria Teresa Costa Campi, was secretary of Industry and Energy of the Generalitat of Catalonia, as well as deputy for Barcelona in the last parliament by the PSC-PSOE.

Past presidents of the CNE were Pedro Meroño (PP) and Miguel Angel Fernandez Ordonez

Miguel Ángel Fernández Ordóñez

Miguel Ángel Fernández Ordóñez is a Spanish economist and politician, member of the Socialist Workers' Party and current Governor of the Bank of Spain. He is the younger brother of Francisco Fernández Ordóñez, also a Socialist politician, and he is married to Inés Alberdi.He was born in Madrid in...

(PSOE)

Organization

See also