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Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 2010 Ended National
Renewable Energy Generation Program (GENREN)
Argentina 2010 Ended National
Costa Rica Regulation on Biofuels 2009
Costa Rica 2009 Ended National
Flex fuel requirement for new vehicles (Decree 1135)
Colombia 2009 Ended National
Interconnection of Renewable Energy Systems Agreement- Net metering Resolution 3028
Panama 2009 Ended National
Program for Rural and Social Energy (PERYS)
Chile 2009 Ended National
Project 3E - Market Transformation for Energy Efficiency in Buildings
Brazil 2009 Ended National
Regulatory Framework for Solar Water Thermal (Law 20,365)
Chile 2009 Ended National
VAT tax exemption for power generation
Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela 2009 Ended National
Interconnection of Small Photovoltaic Systems Agreement- Net metering Resolution 2060
Panama 2008 Ended National
Technical Standard for the Connection, Operation, Control and Commercialization of the Renewable Distributed Generation - and Self-Producing Users with Excess of Energy - Net Metering
Guatemala 2008 Ended National
Costa Rica National Biofuels Commission (Comisión Nacional de Biocombustibles)
Costa Rica 2007 Ended National
National Energy Plan 2006-2025
Colombia 2007 Ended National
National Energy Policy Green Paper (2006-2020)
Jamaica 2006 Ended National
2005 National Energy Efficiency Programme
Chile 2005 Ended National
Law for the Promotion of Electricity Generation with Renewable Resources
Nicaragua 2005 Ended National
National Strategic Plan for Wind Energy 2005
Argentina 2005 Ended National
Law for the Promotion of the Hidroelectricity Sub-Sector
Nicaragua 2003 Ended National
Rural Electrification Fund established
Colombia 2003 Ended National
Policy to promote the use of ethanol as a biofuel (Law 693)
Colombia 2001 Ended National
Rural Electrification with Renewable Energy Programme
Chile 2001 Ended National
ANP Ordinance No. 249 - Approves the Technical Regulation on Oil and Natural Gas Burns and Losses, which deals with issues related to flare burns and natural gas losses.
Brazil 2000 Ended National
Fund for the Electrification of Non-interconnected Zones established (Law 633)
Colombia 2000 Ended National
Proyecto de Energia Renovable en el Mercado Electrico Rural (PERMER)
Argentina 2000 Ended State/Provincial
Argentina Law 25.019 on the promotion of wind and solar energy
Argentina 1999 Ended National
National Rural Electrification Programme - Programa Nacional de Electrificação Rural
Brazil 1999 Ended National
National Programme for Energy Development of States and Municipalities - PRODEEM
Brazil 1996 Ended National
Electricity Subsector Framework Law (Ley Marco Subsector Electrico)
Honduras 1994 Ended National
Ethanol Law (Ley del Alcohol Carburante)
Honduras 1988 Ended National
Brokopondo Agreement
Suriname 1958 Ended National

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