By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial proposed electricity reform, which would prioritize the use of carbon-based fuels over clean and renewable alternatives, was the main topic of discussion on Friday, Jan. 21, when he met with U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm at the National Palace. “We see a great opportunity to work
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OPINION By THE WILSON CENTER MEXICO INSTITUTE Given the current political and social panorama in Mexico, there will be three major things to watch for in the months ahead regarding U.S.-Mexico relations: Migration As border apprehensions of undocumented migrants reach record levels, the Joe Biden and Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) administrations strive to collaborate to reduce the flow and
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF If President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial electricity reform bill — which would prioritize the use of contaminating carbon-based sources over clean alternatives — passes in Congress, the use of sulfur-heavy bunker oil, or combustóleo, in Mexico could increase by up to 1,109 percent per year, according to the 21st Century Power Partnership
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF If Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial electricity reform — which would prioritize the use of state-run carbon-based fuels over private, clean-sourced energy — passes, the federal budget could lose up to 261 billion pesos in 2022, according to the Center for Economic and Budgetary Research (CIEP), Mexico’s top independent thinktank. In
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico
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OPINION By ALEJANDRO ENVILA FISHER Don´t expect to seen any great changes occur during the second half of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) six-year mandate. Based on what he has done so far, it is pretty clear that the next three years of AMLO’s leftist administration will follow the same strategy as it has up until now: social
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By ANTONIO GARZA, former U.S. Ambassador to Mexico
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By KELIN DILLON According to new data, Mexico’s state-owned electric company, the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), has increased its generation costs by 23 percent while in operation under the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO). While the average cost in CFE plants stood at 1,508 pesos per megawatt hour in January 2019, the price tag had shot
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By KELIN DILLON On Wednesday, Nov. 3, a number of U.S. congressmen protested against Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial electricity reform in a letter to U.S. government officials, saying that the proposal would violate international treaties like the United States–Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), and is discriminatory against both private investment initiatives and cleanly sourced energy. U.S. Republican members
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By KELIN DILLON If Mexico’s controversial proposed reform to give carbon-based energy priority to the state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) reaches passage, the CFE will be required to heighten its budget and subsequently “charge a bill” to the Mexican government or the shift will likely result in blackouts, revealed a study by the Mexican Institute for Competitiveness (IMCO). The reform
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