Overview
- At its 88th-anniversary event, CFE reported installed generation capacity of about 62,438.7 MW and service to over 46 million users, with nearly 49.4 million clients recorded by June 2025.
- Officials confirmed the Salamanca and Villa de Reyes power plants have entered operation and said facilities in Querétaro and Colima will begin running in the coming months.
- Energy Secretary Luz Elena González Escobar cited INEGI data showing a 37.5 percent drop in poverty from lack of electricity between 2018 and 2024, connecting 184,000 families to the grid.
- Constitutional reforms in October 2024 and secondary legislation enacted in March 2025 reinstated CFE’s status as a public company and enshrined “justice energética” in national planning.
- The CFE is repowering hydroelectric plants, upgrading transmission and distribution networks, and expanding cleaner energy sources to bolster reliability and cut CO₂ emissions.