UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 6-K

REPORT OF FOREIGN ISSUER
PURSUANT TO RULE 13a-16 OR 15d-16 UNDER

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the month of January, 2011

(Commission File No. 001-34429),

PAMPA ENERGIA S.A.
(PAMPA ENERGY INC.)

Argentina

(Jurisdiction of incorporation or organization)

Ortiz de Ocampo 3302
Building #4
C1425DSR
Buenos Aires
Argentina

(Address of principal executive offices)

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For Immediate Release

Pampa Energía announces the acquisition of EPCA

Buenos Aires, January 31, 2011. Pampa Energía S.A. (NYSE: PAM; Buenos Aires Stock Exchange: PAMP) (“Pampa” or the “Company”), announces that it has accepted an offer to acquire, subject to the fulfillment of certain conditions precedent and to obtaining the relevant regulatory approvals, all of the shares issued by Enron Pipeline Company Argentina S.A. (“EPCA”), a company which owns 10% of the share capital of Compañía de Inversiones de Energía S.A. (“CIESA”), which in turn owns 55.3% of the share capital of Transportadora de Gas del Sur S.A. ("TGS"). The total agreed price is US$ 29,000,000.

Pampa Energía is the largest integrated electricity company in Argentina that, through its subsidiaries, participates in the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity.

For further information, contact:

Ricardo Torres - Chief Executive Officer

Mariano Batistella – Strategic Planning and Investor Relations

3302 Ortiz de Ocampo, Building #4

(C1425DSR) Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina

Phone: 5411 4809 9500

http://www.pampaenergia.com/ir

investor@pampaenergia.com

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Date: January 31, 2011

Pampa Energía S.A.
By:	/S/ Roberto Maestretti
	Name: Roberto Maestretti Title:    Chief Financial Officer

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