CCE launches “Energy for the Future” platform with information on the needs of the Mexican electricity industry

After the discussion on the electric reform became radical, the Business Coordination Board (CCE) launched a digital platform “energy for the future“, Which will report on the impact of President Andrés Manuel López’s proposal, as well as options to move towards a model for the future,” not for the past “.

Carlos Salazar Lomelín, President of the Business Coordination Council (CCE), explained that the website has the challenge of combating the misinformation that exists around the electricity reform promoted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador.

The CCE It does not promote a constitutional change, but actions so that we can make use of the available technology, attract economic and implementation resources and change the face of our country over the next decade, he stressed.

Within the framework of the Open Parliament forums, the private sector sought to “present an image of seriousness with sustained numbers and arguments that think of the benefit of Mexicans and not of a political group or public company operating on has not been exceeded in any way in the past. ” .

The business leader said that President López Obrador’s reform proposal was aimed at the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) control and make investments, “capital you do not have”.

“Given that, in the last three years, all new investments have stopped, in order to achieve the 35% target (of clean energy agreed by the country for 2024), we will have to invest 200,000 million pesos more and the new power stations build generation in three years. This could only be achieved with the participation of all: the public sector and private investment. Not even CFE nor any other company alone, not here or anywhere in the world, ”he warned.

The electric reform submitted to the Government of Mexico on 30 September 2021, intends to amend three articles of the Constitution with a view to CFE preferred so that you can generate the most electricity, regardless of the cost or level of polluting emissions.

This implies that the participation of private parties is limited, even when they offer a lower cost of generation or cleaner energy (with less polluting emissions). In addition to the removal of the autonomous regulatory bodies which today guarantees free competition between CFE and other companies dedicated to generating electricity. While the regulators have the mission that the country has increasingly clean and cheap energy, the private sector referred.

Through the website “energy for the futureDifferent voices will be voiced, with documented information explaining why we need to continue to be leaders in the energy transition.

“Mexico is facing a decisive moment in its history. Our country needs much more clean energy to combat climate change and grow the economy “, said the president of the CCE.

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