As of October 4, 2025, new regulations issued by Mexico’s National Energy Commission (“CNE”) have taken effect, applicable to the requirements, documents, and information needed to apply for electricity generation permits for interconnected self-consumption power plants with generation capacities between 0.7 and 20 MW.
Previously, on March 30, 2022, the now extinct Energy Regulatory Commission
Over the past few weeks, President Claudia Sheinbaum has been discussing the “Plan Mexico” a new initiative designed to promote investment in the country alongside with the private sector. The plan consists of 13 strategic objectives, including positioning Mexico among the world’s top 10 economies by strengthening its domestic market and international presence, increasing the
Mexico’s constitutional amendments on strategic areas and companies, as well as administrative simplification, published in October and December 2024, respectively, have reshaped structural aspects of Mexico’s energy sector. This includes the transformation of the State-owned utility Federal Electricity Commission (“CFE”) from a productive enterprise to a public company, the elimination of the Energy Regulatory Commission
On March 7, 2025, the Mexican government published in the Official Journal of the Federation the new General Administrative Provisions for the Integration of Electricity Storage Systems into the National Electric System (“Storage Regulations”), which had previously been approved by the Energy Regulatory Commission (“CRE”, now National Energy Commission or “CNE”) on September 30, 2024.
Notes on the proposed Electricity Sector Law
On February 5th, 2025, Mexico’s President submitted to the Senate an initiative to enact eight new laws on energy matters, aimed to adapt the legal framework to the constitutional amendments of October 2024 on strategic areas and companies, in addition to reflecting the new public policy
Today, October 31, 2024, the Decree amending articles 25, 27, and 28 of Mexico’s Constitution (the “Constitution”) regarding strategic areas and companies (the “Constitutional Amendments”) was published in the Official Journal of the Federation, and will enter into force the day after publication.
Changes provided by the Constitutional Amendments include:
a) Substitute the concept of
Mexico has enacted a new law governing how time zones will be treated throughout the country. On October 28, 2022, the Decree issuing the Time Zone Law in the United Mexican States (the “Law”) was published in the Official Journal of the Federation. The new Law became effective October 30, 2022 and, with it, the
Several weeks have passed since Mexico’s President submitted his initiative to amend the Constitution on energy matters to the Chamber of Deputies. Since then, much has been written and said about its aims and the negative consequences it would have if approved. Most of the analyses have dealt with the substantive aspects of the initiative