Jose Antonio Prado and Carlos Ochoa are Partners and
Alberto Esenaro Arteaga is an Associate all in our in our
Mexico City office.
Mexico's Energy Reform of 2013 opened activities of the
country's power market to private investors. Before the reform,
large-scale power generation was reserved to the state-run
Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), or to private
investors through government contracts under an independent power
producer structure. Self-supply and co-generation was allowed if
complying with certain regulations.
Under the Power Industry Law, power plants with capacity below
0.5 megawatts (MW), designated as small capacity plants, are not
required to obtain a permit from the Energy Regulatory Commission,
or Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE). However,
they can generate only for self-use or trade through a basic power
supplier.
