Secretary of State for Energy (Spain)
Government official
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The secretary of state for energy is a senior minister of the Spanish Ministry for the Ecological Transition responsible for the energy and mining policies.
Mr. Secretary of State (informal)
| Secretary of State for Energy | |
|---|---|
| Secretario de Estado de Energía | |
Coat of Arms used by the Government | |
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.png) Incumbent since 29 November 2024Joan Groizard Payeras | |
| Ministry for the Ecological Transition Secretariat of State for Energy | |
| Style | The Most Excellent (formal) Mr. Secretary of State (informal) |
| Member of | Specialized Committee on Energy Security |
| Nominator | The Ecological Transition Minister |
| Appointer | The Monarch |
| Precursor | General Secretary for Energy and Mineral Resources |
| Formation | May 11, 1996 |
| First holder | Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta |
| Website | energia.gob.es |
The secretary of state designs the Spanish mining and energy policies to ensure energy supply and comply with environmental goals such us decarbonization, air quality and economic growth in the area. In addition, the secretary of state is responsible for overseeing and regulating energy markets, as well as protecting consumers and reducing energy poverty.
The secretary of state is appointed by the monarch on the advice the minister for the ecological transition. Since 29 November 2024, the secretary of state is Joan Groizard Payeras.[1]
History
The energy policy in Spain has been traditionally bound to the industrial policy and started taking more importance in 1979, when the Ministry of Industry was modified and named Ministry of Industry and Energy.
However, it wasn't until 1996 that the energy was granted with its own higher body, the Secretariat of State for Energy and Minieral Resources, assuming the competences of the General Secretariat for Energy and Mineral Resources.[2] The life of this body was very short, being integrated in the Secretariat of State for Industry between 1998 and 2000 and in the Secretariat of State for Economy between 2000 and 2002, both bodies within the Ministry of Economy. In 2002, the competences over economy and over Energy and SMEs split in two Secretariats of State recovering its autonomy for 2 years until the change of government of 2004, when the new prime minister relegated the body to a General Secretariat level within the Ministry of Industry, Tourism and Trade. In 2009 was re-created.
The zenith of its autonomy reached it in 2016 when the prime minister split the Ministry of Industry originating a new Ministry of Energy that assumed also the competences over Tourism and Telecommunications.
In 2018, the new government modification integrated the Secretariat of State in the Ministry of Environment in order to establish a transversal environmental policy. This new ministry integrated all the environmental-related competences (except for industrial ones) and received the name of Ministry for the Ecological Transition.
In 2024, a new directorate-general for energy planning and coordination was established. This new body also manage nuclear energy policy.[3]
Names
- Secretary of State for Energy and Mineral Resources (1996–1998)
- Secretary of State for Industry and Energy (1998–2000)
- Secretary of State for Economy, Energy and SMEs (2000–2002)
- Secretary of State for Energy, Industrial Development and SMEs (2002–2004)
- From 2004 and 2009, the competences were assumed by the General Secretary for Energy
- Secretary of State for Energy (2009–present)
Organization
As of 2026[update], this is the organization of the Secretariat of State:[4]
| Secretariat of State Organization (2026) | |
|---|---|
| Secretary of State | Cabinet |
| Institute for Just Transition | |
| Instituto para la Diversificación y Ahorro de la Energía | |
| Energy City Foundation | |
| National Energy Efficiency Fund | |
| National Radioactive Waste Enterprise | |
| Strategic Petroleum Reserves Corporation | |
| Directorate-General for Energy Policy and Mines |
Deputy Directorate-General for Hydrocarbons and New Fuels |
| Deputy Directorate-General for Electrical Energy | |
| Deputy Directorate-General for Mines | |
| Deputy Directorate-General for Renewable Energies | |
| Deputy Directorate-General for Infrastructure and Integration of the Energy System | |
| Deputy Directorate-General for Storage and Flexibility | |
| Directorate-General for Energy Planning and Coordination |
Deputy Directorate-General for Energy Forecasting and Statistics |
| Deputy Directorate-General for Energy Efficiency and Access | |
| Deputy Directorate-General for Nuclear Energy | |
| Division for Energy Coordination | |
List of secretaries
| No. | Image | Name | Term of office | Prime Minister | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Began | Ended | Days of service | ||||
| 1.º | .svg) |
Nemesio Fernández-Cuesta | 11 May 1996 | 26 September 1998 | 868 | José María Aznar |
| 2.º | |
José Manuel Serra Peris | 30 September 1998 | 6 May 2000 | 584 | |
| 3.º | .jpg) |
José Folgado Blanco | 29 April 2000 | 20 April 2004 | 1452 | |
| Competencies assumed by the Secretary General for Energy (2004–2009) | ||||||
| 4.º | |
Pedro Marín Uribe | 18 April 2009 | 10 January 2011 | 632 | José Luis Rodríguez Zapatero |
| 5.º | .jpg) |
Fabricio Hernández Pampaloni[5] | 10 January 2011 | 31 December 2011 | 355 | |
| 6.º | |
Fernando Marti Scharfhausen | 31 December 2011 | 29 December 2012 | 364 | Mariano Rajoy |
| 7.º | .jpg) |
Alberto Nadal | 29 December 2012 | 12 November 2016 | 1414 | |
| 8.º | |
Joan Mesquida Ferrando | 19 November 2016 | 19 June 2018 | 577 | |
| 9.º | _Castilla_y_León,_Asturias_y_Aragón_se_reunen_con_la_ministra_de_Transición_Ecológica._2018_(cropped).jpg){kind=spacer} |
José Domínguez Abascal[6] | 19 June 2018 | 18 January 2020 | 578 | Pedro Sánchez |
| 10.º | .png) |
Sara Aagesen Muñoz[7] | 18 January 2020 | 25 November 2024 | 1773 | |
| 11.º | |
Joan Groizard Payeras[1] | 29 November 2024 | Incumbent | 625 | |