On January 29, 2021, the President of Mexico sent to the Chamber of Deputies of the Congress proposed amendments to the Electricity Industry Law, namely, an "Initiative with a Draft.
CFE admits falsifying document but maintains green energy caused blackout Utility says forgery is minor; real issue is too much renewable energy in the grid
Published on Wednesday, January 6, 2021
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The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) has admitted falsifying a document it used to back up its claim that a wildfire in Tamaulipas contributed to last week’s massive power outage.
But the state-owned company maintains that the fire did in fact occur and that it, as well as a high concentration of renewable energy in the energy system, caused the blackout that affected 15 states.
It said that a fire affected transmission lines running between Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, and Linares, Nuevo León, and that the blaze contributed to the blackout that left 10.3 million customers in several of Mexico’s major cities without power for up to four hours on Monday, December 28.
10.3 million CFE customers affected as electrical system fails The outage affected at least a dozen states for up to two hours
Published on Tuesday, December 29, 2020
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The federal electrical grid failed Monday afternoon, leaving 10.3 million customers in several of Mexico’s major cities without power for almost two hours.
About 19% of CFE customers nationwide were affected in parts of Mexico City and México state as well as the cities of Guadalajara, Monterrey, Hermosillo, Saltillo, Culiacán, San Luis Potosí, Aguascalientes, Pachuca, Mérida and Oaxaca, among others.
At least a dozen states were affected.
In Mexico City, services on Line A and Line 1 of the Metro had to be suspended temporarily due to the outage.