Diploma in the Electrical Sector

The Diploma in the Electricity Sector is designed for professionals who participate —or wish to join— in areas related to the generation, transport, distribution, marketing and regulation of electricity.

It is especially geared towards:

• Engineers, economists, lawyers, accountants, and technical professionals who seek to deepen their knowledge of the Argentine electricity market and its regulatory framework.

• Members of electric companies, consultancies, public bodies and regulatory entities that need to be updated in light of new decrees, tariff policies and sector standardization mechanisms.

• Specialists and managers of operational, regulatory, commercial or project areas that require acquiring a comprehensive view of the electrical system to improve decision-making.

• Professionals who wish to access higher-level positions, lead teams or expand their opportunities within the national and regional energy market.

A proposal designed for those seeking to consolidate their professional development and contribute strategic value in a sector that is key to economic growth and the energy transition.

• Streaming (live virtual):  27 Virtual Classes
• In-person sessions: 3 in-person classes (1 per month)
• Duration or workload: 48 hours (16 days, 3 hours daily)
• Days and times of the courseWednesdays and Fridays from 17:30 pm to 21:30 pm

SUBJECT 1 · ARGENTINE ELECTRIC SECTOR (Technical Aspects)

Unit 1 – Electricity Generation

• Sources: thermal, hydroelectric, nuclear, renewable.
• Installed capacity and associated technologies.
• Basic technical concepts for understanding electricity production.

Unit 2 – Electricity Market and Dispatch

• Rules for electrical dispatch.
• Coordination between generators, transporters and distributors.
• Marginalist model.
• CAMMESA's role.

Unit 3 – Electric Transport

• Technical and regulatory characteristics.
• Function within the value chain.
• Public service.

Unit 4 – Electrical Distribution

• Technical and regulatory aspects.
• Public service and natural monopoly.

Unit 5 – Renewable Energies

• Types: wind, solar, biomass, biogas, mini-hydro.
• Current status, installed capacity and national potential.
• Green and blue hydrogen.

Unit 6 – Energy Efficiency and Smart Grids

• Efficiency techniques in electrical networks.
• Global and local status of smart grids.

Unit 7 – World Overview

• Global trends in electrical energy.
• Technological evolution of the sector.

Unit 8 – Argentine Panorama

• National potential and strategic projections.
• A path to development for the country.

SUBJECT 2 · ENERGY ECONOMICS

Unit 1 – Regulation and Welfare

• Microeconomics applied to infrastructure.
• Market failures: natural monopolies, imperfect information.
• Objective function of the regulator.
• Regulation in developing countries.
• Regulatory evolution in Argentina, Europe and the USA.
• Production, demand, prices and tariffs.

Unit 2 – Rates

• Tariff schemes and optimal tariffs.
• Ramsey's rule and elasticities.
• Multiple criteria (peak/valley, distance, congestion).
• Efficiency, fairness and new tariff challenges.

Unit 3 – Information Problems

• Information asymmetries in regulation.
• Regulatory independence and regulator capture.
• Costing, chart of accounts and use in tariff reviews.
• Transparency and information handling.

Unit 4 – Universal Service, Subsidies and Social Tariff

• Access and consumption problems in vulnerable sectors.
• Optimal subsidy design.
• Access tolls and competition conditions.
• Deregulation.

Unit 5 – Regulatory Mechanisms

• Designs: Rate of Return, Price-Cap, Revenue-Cap.
• Efficiency, equity and risk sharing.
• Restructuring and introduction of competition.

Unit 6 – Benchmarking and Tariff Review

• Tariff calculation models and processes.
• Required revenue, VAD, tariff structure.
• Operating costs, investments and WACC.
• Comparison of performance and incentives.
• Tariff adjustments: definition and process.

Unit 7 – Privatization and Regulation

• Privatization and nationalization.
• Argentine experience and international comparison.

SUBJECT 3 · LEGAL AND REGULATORY MODULE

Unit 1 – General Framework

• Legal framework of the national electricity and energy sector.

Unit 2 – Origin and Evolution of Regulation

• Regulatory history.
• Constitution and electrical energy.
• Competencies, jurisdictional conflicts and organizational guidelines.

Unit 3 – Electrical Energy System

• Current legal framework.
• Legal classification, segmentation of activities and institutional structure.

Unit 4 – Wholesale Electricity Market (MEM)

• Organization, functioning and evolution.

Unit 5 – Electric Transport

• Historical development.
• Current system and regulatory-operational trends.

Unit 6 – Electricity Generation

• Regimes for thermal, hydroelectric, nuclear and renewable generation.

Unit 7 – Electrical Distribution

• Historical evolution, current situation and trends.

Unit 8 – Prices, Rates and Subsidies

• Tariff systems and their evolution in Argentina.
• Current situation of subsidies.

Unit 9 – Electricity Energy Demand

• Large users of the MEM, users of distributors, distributed generation and user-generators.

Unit 10 – Electrical Energy, Energy Transition and Human Development

• Electrification of end consumption.
• Energy and climate change: energy efficiency and “sufficiency”.
• Access to energy, environment and human rights.
• Agenda 2030 and SDGs.

• Completed secondary education, with related professional experience, or tertiary/university degree.
• Admission Validation Process

DISCOUNTS AND BENEFITS

• UA undergraduate graduates:
  • 25% off all UA postgraduate academic offerings (master's degrees, diplomas and programs).
  • 20% off master's degrees IAE and 10% in targeted programs of IAE.
• UA Postgraduate Graduates:
  • 20% on the academic offer of UA diplomas and programs.
• Former students (non-graduates):
  • 15% on the academic offer of UA diplomas and programs.

 Important: Discounts are not cumulative and are subject to availability.

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