Mexico Issues Interconnection Manual For Power Plants And Charging Points

Jose Antonio Prado is a partner in Holland & Knight's Mexico City office.

Carlos Ochoa is a partner in Holland & Knight's Mexico City office.

Alberto Esenaro Arteaga is a attorney in Holland & Knight's Mexico City office.

HIGHLIGHTS:

• Before Mexico's Energy Reform of 2013, 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.
• The reform opened activities of the country's power market to private investors for delivering energy to corporate, industrial and retail users under bilateral purchase power agreements and/or through the Wholesale Electricity Market (MEM).