CONUEE Continues Partnerships: The Week in Energy

Mexico’s National Commission for the Efficient Use of Energy, (CONUEE) has formalized two new partnerships with key industry groups to accelerate energy efficiency and sustainability across industrial parks and manufacturing sectors with a significant economic footprint. Through separate letters of intent signed with the Mexican Association of Private Industrial Parks (AMPIP) and the National Chamber of the Cosmetic Products Industry (CANIPEC), CONUEE aims to promote best practices, strengthen technical capacities and encourage voluntary commitments to efficient energy use.

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CONUEE Expands Industry Energy Efficiency with New Agreements

At the signing with AMPIP, CONUEE Director General Israel Jáuregui Nares said energy efficiency must be integrated across the full industrial cycle, from design and operation to final energy consumption. He said the agreement enables Conuee to extend its technical and operational capabilities to a sector with significant economic and territorial impact. “We are convinced that energy efficiency must always come first. This agreement is the start of work that will yield benefits for national development and for industrial parks themselves,” Jáuregui Nares said.

CFE Advances Energy Justice in Michoacan

The works, which involved the installation of 778 utility poles and 105 distribution transformers, are part of the broader Plan Michoacán por la Paz y la Justicia initiative. This plan aims to improve economic and social wellbeing through enhanced energy access in remote and historically underserved regions of the state. According to the official press release, the projects were funded with MX$46 million from the Fondo de Servicio Universal Eléctrico (FSUE), managed by SENER.

Mexico’s Energy Transformation Faces Urgent Execution Test: IOA

Mexico’s energy sector has entered a decisive phase in which political ambition, regulatory reform and physical system constraints are colliding under increasingly tight timelines. According to the Institute of the Americas, the country’s power and natural gas systems are operating close to their technical limits, leaving little margin for error as the federal government pursues an ambitious energy transformation agenda centered on sovereignty, social equity and climate commitments.

CFE Pushes Fiber Optic, Mobile Network

CFE stated that, by the end of 2025, it had installed a total of 22,896.97km of fiber optic cable within the National Access and Aggregation Network, known as RENAyA. This backbone infrastructure supports both fixed and mobile connectivity services and is complemented by 5,229 telecommunications towers designed to provide mobile coverage using LTE technology. Together, these assets allow the company to reach 101,111 localities and 2,452 municipalities across all 32 states of the country, benefiting up to 118.8 million people.

APM Lazaro Cardenas to Run on 100% Renewables in 3Q26

APM Terminals’ Lazaro Cardenas container terminal has signed a power-supply contract with Iberdrola México that will go live in the 3Q26, positioning the facility as the first terminal in Mexico to operate with electricity sourced entirely from renewables. Under the agreement, 95% of the terminal’s electricity consumption will be covered by Iberdrola’s renewable supply, while the remaining 5% will come from onsite solar panels expected to begin operating soon as part of APM Terminals’ global decarbonization strategy.

Tiendas Del Sol, Woolworth Plan Solar Rollout Across 16 Stores

Tiendas Del Sol and Woolworth have announced plans to install nearly 5,000 solar panels across 16 retail locations in Mexico as part of a project to expand on-site renewable energy generation. The stores are located in multiple states, including Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, Chihuahua, Sonora, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Guerrero, Tabasco, Morelos, Baja California, Baja California Sur, Yucatan and Quintana Roo. Installations will be carried out in partnership with Monterrey-based Energías Limpias de México.

CONACEPE, SOLARMX Alliance Targets Energy Efficiency in Mexico

Mexico’s National Energy and Petrochemical Council (CONACEPE) has signed a commercial and environmental partnership with SOLARMX, a Mexican manufacturer of certified solar water heaters. According to both organizations, the agreement aims to promote energy efficiency, reduce reliance on fossil fuels and support emissions reductions nationwide.

Ciudad Victoria Reports MX$24 Million in Annual Energy Savings

Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, reported annual energy savings of approximately MX$24 million (US$1.36 million), according to Mayor Eduardo Gattás Báez. The savings result from a public lighting modernization program and a new administrative arrangement with Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission (CFE). The modernization program replaced conventional streetlights with advanced LED luminaires, which consume less electricity and allow better usage control. “We have installed state-of-the-art LED streetlights — in collaboration with the CFE — so that electricity spending does not increase again,” Gattás Báez said.

The Shift Toward Industrial Electricity Self-Consumption

The initial optimism surrounding the 2025 energy sector reactivation has been met with a complex reality: a significant disconnect between regulatory ambition and the actual capacity of the national power grid. While new laws suggest a renewed momentum for investment, industrial facilities face a structural challenge where the financial burden of grid modernization often falls directly on the user, frequently jeopardizing project economics. This environment has revealed a gap between the planning strategy to expand and modernize the distribution grid and the actual needs to support a rapidly electrifying economy.