Energy Advisor

Jennapher Lunde Seefeldt, associate professor of government and international affairs at Augustana University: “Peru is in dire need of stability, and given Mucho’s prior professional experience, at least some policy stability is expected. Mucho is very aware of the need for developing a variety of energy industries in Peru, with calls to advance the liquefied natural gas industry and expand copper extraction (worth up to $800 billion). He has publicly discussed the need to reduce fossil fuel reliance and increase public transparency of the extractive industries. However, much of the current concern revolves around reactivating investor confidence given Peru’s tumultuous political and social history. In the short term, Mucho and others believe cutting bureaucratic red tape for permitting approval times is key. Many projects have a license to operate but…”