New Electricity Sector Regulations Now In Force

The Regulations of the Electricity Sector Law (the "Regulations") were published on October 3, along with a series of other regulations corresponding to the new legal framework for the Mexican energy sector in force since March of this year. In line with the principles established in the Electricity Sector Law ("LSE") for the governance of the sector and prevalence of the State and the conditional participation of the private sector, the Regulations regulate, at the administrative level, the authority of the Ministry of Energy ("SENER") as the governing body, the authority of the National Energy Commission ("CNE") as the regulatory body, the Center for Electric Energy Control ("CENACE") as operator of the National Electric System ("SEN") and the Wholesale Electric Market ("MEM"), and the participation schemes of Comisión Federal de Electricidad ("CFE") and other stakeholders of the electricity sector. However, there is an important number of matters that are