Biography
Francisco Soria is an Industrial Engineer, graduated from the National Technological University in Cordoba (Argentina), and is currently pursuing a Master’s in Finance at the University of San Andrés (Argentina). He works as a Project Manager in the regulated public services sector across Latin America, Africa, and the Caribbean.
He has participated in various strategic consulting projects for electricity, natural gas, and water transportation and distribution companies, as well as regulatory authorities in Argentina, Brazil, Bolivia, Colombia, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Panama, Peru, and Cameroon.
His work highlights include valuation of companies in the electricity sector, tariff calculations for electricity, natural gas, and water distribution companies, distribution value-added calculations, capital base estimations, WACC rate calculations, and regulatory framework analysis.
He was a speaker at the 2023 and 2024 editions of the International Seminar on Regulation and Tariffs, organized annually by Quantum, specializing in the electrical distribution sector.
Recently, he participated in the following projects:
- Tariff Study for Energuate, an electricity distributor in Guatemala.
- Distribution Value-Added Calculation for cooperatives associated with APEBA, Argentina.
- Tariff Study for the Rural Electrification Cooperative Ltd., an electricity distributor in Bolivia.
- Comprehensive Tariff Study for Energía de Catamarca SAPEM, Argentina.
- Technical assistance for market study execution and tariff structure development for Ceará Water and Sewage Company, Brazil.
- Tariff Study for Electro Oriente, an electricity distributor in Peru.
- Due diligence for an electricity distribution company in Peru.
- Tariff calculation for the Rural Electrification Cooperative of Santa Cruz – Bolivia.
- Impact analysis of IPIM adjustment deferral on natural gas distributors in Argentina.
- Analysis and Simulation of the Argentine Wholesale Electricity Market.
- Generation cost calculations for new power plants in Brazil.
- Feasibility analysis for aggregation of regulatory segments for natural gas transportation by PROMIGAS, Colombia.
- Distribution Value-Added Calculation for ENEE, an electricity distributor in Honduras.
- Distribution Value-Added and technical loss calculations for EC SAPEM, an electricity distributor in Catamarca, Argentina.
- Analysis and adjustment of tariff structures for water distribution companies in Brazil and Jamaica.
Key Competencies
• Regulatory Studies
• Company Valuation
• Financial and Economic Analysis
• Simulation Models
