In Panama a bill proposes to regulate the electrical energy produced by heat treated solid waste.

The aim of Bill No. 156 which has already been approved in the National Assembly, is to create a National Commission for the Treatment of Urban Solid Waste, which would be responsible for developing and approving a plan for treatment and processing of waste, coordinating with community boards and creating additional incentives for legal persons involved in the process of generation or waste management.

Regarding how the energy generated would be marketed, Article 8 states that “…In order to promote clean energy projects using renewable sources, the Electricity Transmission Company, will be holding competition acts for the purchase of energy (kWh), exclusive to plants with facilities for generating power using solid waste, whose resulting contracts will be valid for up to fifteen years.

“… The amount of power to be contracted, through competition acts exclusively for plants or facilities generating energy from solid waste, will be determined by Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica, S.A. and approved by the National Authority of Public Services. “