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CFE Denies Yucatán Blackout and Pushes Industry to Shift Peak Usage

Officials say Monday’s service cuts in 16 Yucatán communities result from planned substation work; industries have been urged to shift consumption away from evening peaks to protect supply.

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La capacidad de generación de energía en Yucatán se verá incrementada en 38.2% con la entrada en operación de las Centrales Ciclo Combinado Mérida y Ciclo Combinado Riviera Maya - Valladolid, con lo cual la capacidad total, incluyendo el enlace de transmisión, alcanzaría el orden de los 5,486 megawatts.
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Overview

  • The Comisión Federal de Electricidad confirmed that interruptions on July 14 in coastal Yucatán were scheduled to connect a new substation in 16 communities and not a mass blackout.
  • CFE reports the national grid has sustained an average reserve margin above 12 percent in 2025, eliminating the need for compulsory industrial disconnections so far.
  • CFE and Cenace have formally requested over 335,000 industrial users—particularly in Nuevo León—to reduce or shift operations from 6:00 to 21:00 to avert strain during the summer peak.
  • Business leaders in Mexicali say repeated outages have cost more than 12 million pesos and experts warn chronic underinvestment in transmission and distribution is deepening reliability risks.
  • Constitutional reforms from October 2024 now allow firms to self-generate up to 700 kW and fast-track autoconsumption permits, offering new avenues to diversify power sources.