Romário de Oliveira Batista
Secretary of Energy, Oil, Gas and Mining
Experience:
He was an employee of COELBA (Bahia State Power Company) for 21 years, where he held the positions of coordinator of business management (1993/1994), director of operations (1987/1988), manager of the departments of RMS distribution (1986), of bidding and hiring (1984/1985) and of coordination of the BID Project (1983), and of the technical division of Alagoinhas (1978-1981). In the Salvador City Hall, he held the positions of president of the social security institute (1989) and municipal administration secretary (1990-1992). Required by the Ministry of Mines and Energy, he held the positions of chief of staff to the executive secretary (1995) and special advisor to the minister (Jan / 96 to May / 98), during which the Restructuring of the Brazilian Electricity Sector – RESEB and the Flexibilization of Oil and Gas Monopoly were carried out, as well as the privatizations of federal distributors Escelsa and Light, of the Eletrobras subsidiary Gerasul, and several other state distributors and generators. In Jun / 98, he joined ANEEL as a superintendent for the regulation of distribution services (Jun-Aug / 98) and, later, as an advisor to the director (Sep / 1998 to Dec / 2013). As of 2014, he became chairman of the Special Bidding Committee and of the Executive Auctions Secretariat. He has been a public servant at ANEEL since Aug / 2006, as a specialist in the regulation of public energy services.
Academic background:
He holds a bachelor degree in Electrical Engineering from the Federal University of Uberlândia - UFU (1976) and in Laws from the University of Brasília - UnB (2006). He is a Specialist in Electric Energy Regulatory Law (UnB / 2007-2008), Economía y Regulacion de los Servicios Públicos (Universidad de Barcelona, Spain- 2002), Theory and Operation of a Modern National Economy (George Washington University, USA -1998) , Project Management (SUDENE / FGV-1982) and Electricity Distribution (UFPE / 1978).
Institutional E-mail: romario.batista@economia.gov.br
Institutional Phone: (61) 2025-4216 / 4217