By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) reportedly loses some 50 billion pesos per year in electricity profits due to thievery in the form of meter manipulation and illicit hanging cables. The Secretariat of Energy (Sener) has made note of some 5.77 million meters across the country that need updating within the next five years to bring them
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By KELIN DILLON As Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) fast approaches the close of the third official year of his term, his inconsistencies and penchant for overtly targeting his opponents have begun to become more clear than ever to the public of Mexico. López Obrador has used his platform of publicly broadcast press conferences every morning of the
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By KELIN DILLON On Tuesday, Aug. 10, Mexican Judge Juan Pablo Gómez Fierro declared that Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) controversial reform to Mexico’s Electricity Industry Law (LIE) is unconstitutional and therefore should not proceed, calling it expensive and dirty in the process. Gómez Fierro previously froze the reform in March for further review on its constitutionality, much
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By KELIN DILLON New reports show the toxic agrochemical glyphosate has been used regularly throughout Mexico’s Sembrando Vida (“Sowing Life”) program, which was created to help dually combat environmental degradation and combat poverty in the country, by the Secretariat of Defense (Sedena). According to the findings, 10 of the program’s nurseries throughout eight Mexican states were affected by the Sedena’s
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By KELIN DILLON Questions have arisen surrounding the capability of Mexico’s state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) to pay for a proposed six new projects for its infrastructure. The company’s new investment plan would require 62 billion pesos in funding, which would generate an estimated 4,438 megawatts of energy in turn. Now, companies looking to potentially join in on the projects
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) is currently facing arbitration from the U.S.-based company Whitewater Midstream for a non-payment of gas acquired during February’s pipeline freeze and subsequent gas shortage in Texas. Estimates say that the CFE could owe as much as $100 million to Whitewater Midstream, which is one of the main suppliers of natural gas
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF The leftist government of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) announced this week that it will now restrict fuel imports to state-run agencies, thus dealing yet another blow to private-sector energy companies. On June 11, the Mexico’s Tax Administration Service (SAT) published a change to its foreign trade rules forbidding private parties from
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By THE PULSE NEWS MEXICO STAFF Mexico’s Second Collegiate Court Specializing in Economic Competition, Broadcasting and Telecommunications voted unanimously on Thursday, July 1, to revoke a definitive suspension that had been granted to halt the implementation of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s controversial electricity reform bill. The collegiate court, composed of three magistrates, agreed to revoke the suspension because they
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By THÉRÈSE MARGOLIS Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) launched his media wall of shame on Wednesday, June 30, and, not surprisingly, the list of alleged “fake news” purveyors included most of his favorite punching bags: Reforma, El Universal and El Financiero. all media ranked among the most credible in the country. The parade of “despicable” media reports for
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By KELIN DILLON Mexico’s state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), widely touted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) as his solution to lower energy prices for the average Mexican, has in fact reportedly increased its costs by 20 percent from January to April of this year. The CFE’s use of expensive, nonrenewable fuels is apparently driving its prices up, as
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