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12. Sectors: Paraguay

Argentina. For full detail on Argentina, go to The Argentine Thread.

Sectors in Paraguay: the rules that decide whether a power, renewable, mining or oil and gas project can go ahead and what it pays the State. Covers ANDE's exclusive public supply and tariff rule, licences and fees for independent producers under Ley 3009 as rewritten in 2024, the non hydro renewables law of 2023, mining permits, Congress approved concessions and the net income royalty, oil and gas concessions and royalties, and the 2024 penalties for power theft linked to crypto mining, each tied to the official text. Paraguay shares the Yacyretá dam with Argentina; for the Argentine side see The Argentine Thread guide.

Investor view. Abundant clean hydro power, irrevocable licence contracts and a royalty that rises only with profits give Paraguay a strong base for energy intensive industry, renewables and exploration capital willing to work within a Congress approval process.

Energy, mining and key sectors in Paraguay: ANDE's monopoly, independent power, renewables, mining royalties, oil and gas and crypto miningParaguay's sector rules are built around cheap hydro power: ANDE, the state utility, holds the exclusive right to supply electricity to the public, so private generators sell to ANDE, generate for the