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Policy Shift to Impact Renewable Energy Projects in Mexico

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A. Ramos
A. Ramos
J.L. Valera
J.L. Valera
V. de Gyarfas
V. de Gyarfas
A. López Ortiz
A. López Ortiz
L. Alonzo
L. Alonzo
A.A. Jáuregui Garcia
A.A. Jáuregui Garcia
J.M. Martínez
J.M. Martínez

Published 22 June 2020

Abstract

Between April and May 2020, the Mexican federal government, through the Ministry of Energy, the Energy Regulatory Commission, and the National Center for Energy Control, issued a new set of regulations that reflect a major change in policy concerning the participation of the private sector in Mexico’s electric industry. Contrary to the international trend to accommodate and support renewable sources of electricity, Mexico's current administration's policy is to advance the interests and market share of state-owned CFE, whose generation plants are primarily conventional. From indicating that the dispatch of wind and solar electric generation plants in operation could be subordinated to thermoelectric and hydroelectric plants, to the unjustified suspension of pre-operational testing of wind and solar electric generation projects, the regulations stand as the latest significant offensive by the current administration against the 2013 Energy Reform. The new policies endanger investments over billions of dollars and the creation of thousands jobs, and may cause additional emissions of thousands of tons of CO2 per month. Legal actions have been initiated by developers and NGOs before federal courts in Mexico, claiming the new regulations are illegal and constitutionally void. Additional injunction (“amparo”) trials are expected. Also, developers and investors around the world are discussing potential investment arbitration claims under the more than 20 bilateral investment treaties ratified by Mexico and under multilateral investment treaties including NAFTA - USMCA and the CPTPP. The story is still unfolding.

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A. Ramos; J.L. Valera; V. de Gyarfas; A. López Ortiz; L. Alonzo; A.A. Jáuregui Garcia; J.M. Martínez (2020, forthcoming) "Policy Shift to Impact Renewable Energy Projects in Mexico"
(OGEL, ISSN 1875-418X) June 2020, www.ogel.org

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