Commentary: Mexico’s Electricity Problem Requires Massive Investments to Resolve

(Pietro D. Pitts, Energy Analytics Institute, 29.Dec.2024) — While Mexico continues to face electricity problems derived from poor management of energy production and distribution to meet the needs of the entire country, the government of the Latin American country’s president Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo continues to offer support through discounts granted by the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE).

Said subsidies are based on an upper average consumption limit, a criterion that limits the help received by users who are most in need.