CFE

CFE Distribución, a subsidiary of the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE), obtained revenues from distribution services of 88,588 million pesos at the end of July 2024, the state-owned company reported.

During a meeting of the Board of Directors, Guillermo Nevárez Elizondo, general director of the subsidiary, reported that the income of the subsidiary of the state-owned company increased by 3,125 million pesos due to recovered energy and by growth in energy sales of 7,347 million pesos.

He pointed out that strategic actions were taken to reduce non-technical energy losses, such as 3.9 million inspections of measuring equipment, which resulted in the collection of 1,442 gigawatts, which is equivalent to 3,125 million pesos.

1.39 million meters that had reached the end of their useful life or were damaged were modernized, which allowed an increase in sales of 114 gigawatts, equivalent to 248 million pesos.

The commercial process was also strengthened to ensure its operation without defects. As of July, 99,357 commercial routes have been carried out, eliminating defects in the process. As a result, sales increased by 3,391 gigawatts, equivalent to 7,347 million pesos.

Settlements were regularized, benefiting 221 thousand users and recovering 112 gigawatts, equivalent to 244 million pesos.

The electrical infrastructure was also strengthened in 1,108 projects, to stop losing 66 gigawatts.

CFE Distribución achieved savings of 256 million pesos due to consolidated purchases made in the first seven months of 2024.

During the meeting, CFE Distribución presented its performance report up to the seventh month of 2024, investment programs and projects, and progress in electrification in the country.

For 2024, a target of 99.60 percent electricity service coverage was set, so as of the seventh month of the year, progress of 99.51 percent has been made, due to the execution of 4,129 electrification works, derived from agreements formalized in the last quarter of 2023 and during 2024, with an investment of 2,253 million pesos, benefiting 2,995 localities and 214,437 inhabitants.

Nevárez Elizondo reported that so far this year, 1,778 kilometers of distribution lines have been built, 6,222 transformers have been installed, and 39,506 poles have been placed.

Regarding Federal Government projects, CFE Distribution has connected 2,755 branches of Banco del Bienestar.

The subsidiary will participate in the final phase of the wiring process of section 2 in medium voltage circuits of the Collective Metro System.

In the CFE Internet for All program, by the end of May 2024, a total of 65 thousand assigned access points were installed in the General Distribution Networks, which represents 100 percent progress of the project.

The subsidiary began the execution of 72 complementary works requested by the National Fund for Tourism Development (Fonatur), which include electrical infrastructure works, connected to medium voltage lines to provide electricity to services required for the operation of the Mayan Train.

The Grijalva River Dam Management Commission (CMPRG) has decided to implement preventive measures to ensure the safety of communities and water infrastructure during the current rainy season, the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) reported.

The state-owned company explained that the hydroelectric plants located in the Grijalva River basin face challenges that put them at risk during the rainy season, hurricanes and cold fronts, which is why the CMPRG coordinates the implementation of safety measures before, during and after hydrometeorological phenomena that impact the southeast of the country.

The CFE indicated that at the Second Ordinary Session of 2024 of the CMPRG it was reported that policies and extraction volumes from the reservoirs were established to guarantee the safety of the communities and the infrastructure of the dams, lifting tests of the spillway gates are carried out and the main equipment is reviewed to ensure its operation and the safety of the civil infrastructure, in addition to maintaining permanent monitoring of water levels.

The state-owned company noted that during a meteorological phenomenon, the development and accumulation of rainfall, as well as the evolution of water levels in dams and contributions to reservoirs, are monitored 24 hours a day.

He added that when levels rise, the CFE and the National Energy Control Center (Cenace), through the CMPRG, adjust generation in rapid response reservoirs such as Chicoasén and Peñitas, as well as the reduction or closure of extractions from the large reservoirs of Angostura and Malpaso. If necessary, spillways are opened in accordance with the Spillway Operation Policy, and the safety of the population is always prioritized.

Following the meteorological phenomenon, the CFE inspects the infrastructure to identify damage and facilitate a return to normality.

According to the forecast of the International Research Institute for Climate and Society (IRI), as a consequence of the “La Niña” phenomenon, rainfall of up to 50 percent above average is expected between the months of August and November for the Grijalva Hydroelectric System.

Mexico City. The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) will electrify 44 percent of the total route of the Maya Train, as it participates in the construction of the infrastructure necessary to mobilize the railways on the 690 kilometers of electrified track that it will have.

This was reported this morning at the press conference of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, where a report was presented on Section 3 —which goes from Calkini, Campeche, to Izamal, Yucatán, passing through 15 municipalities of these two entities.

In a video presented by the general director of the CFE, Manuel Bartlett, it was detailed that of the 1,554 kilometers that the Mayan Train will cover, 690 are electrified tracks (44 percent), which have been the responsibility of the state-owned company to provide energy.

In record time, the workers and technicians of the public company developed an electrical infrastructure equivalent to reinstalling the electrical system of the city of Mérida, it was reported.

This power extension will cover an area larger than the Netherlands, Denmark and Switzerland combined.

The Maya Train electrification project includes 53 major works that include 11 transmission lines and 42 substations that provide the necessary traction force through the catenaries to propel the train along the electrified route.

“More than 556 kilometers of medium voltage lines were built and around 6,000 poles were installed to supply more than 100 technical booths, essential for continuous monitoring of speed, position and changes in the train track,” it said.

In addition, complementary infrastructure was developed to guarantee the electricity supply of 171 associated services, including 34 stations, maintenance bases, offices, among others.

Mexico Metropolis. The Federal Electrical energy Fee (CFE) seeks to speed up and materialize the discount of greenhouse gases (GHG) earlier than 2030 by way of a program that not solely includes state funding for the electrification of roads, but additionally for the manufacturing of inexperienced hydrogen, which in flip will strengthen the rescue of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex) within the subsequent administration.

Within the context of the annual assembly of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) held in Acapulco, Guerrero, the deputy director of Industrial Technique of the state-owned firm, Alonso Romero, introduced the Industrial Program for Decarbonization and Promotion of the Power Transition, which has “three methods, that are power effectivity, social electromobility and inexperienced hydrogen.”

In an interview with The Day, The official commented that in the federal government of President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, the CFE will promote the power transition by way of the decarbonization of the transportation sector with the set up of 250 charging factors or electrical charging stations alongside 10,000 kilometers of roads in three levels.

This includes fast-charging infrastructure for electrical automobiles, each passenger and freight buses.

“We’ll concentrate on quick charging, often known as ranges 3 and 4, so {that a} non-public automobile will be recharged in quarter-hour and if it’s a heavy-duty automobile, it may be recharged in half an hour. These are very excessive and really quick charging ranges,” he mentioned.

Romero talked about that the opposite line of motion of the CFE is the electrification of public transport in cities, for which the state-owned firm seeks to collaborate with native governments to impress transport routes, which might be accompanied by the alternative of vans and the set up of electrical charging factors.

The official commented that though the choice of permitting the non-public sector to take a position is being evaluated, in precept the expense might be coated by the state firm, since “the primary enterprise of the CFE is to promote electrical energy and it’s about enabling factors the place extra electrical energy will be offered.” He added that also they are analyzing whether or not to create CFE franchises for the case of electrical charging stations.

“Within the matter of inexperienced hydrogen, what’s being thought-about is getting into into collaboration with Pemex,” for the reason that state oil firm “makes use of hydrogen for regular refining processes, however now comes an entire a part of rescuing the petrochemical business, which may be very a lot rooted in fertilizers.”

“A whole lot of hydrogen is required for the ammonia and fertilizer points, so what we’re going to do with Pemex is create synergies in order that CFE produces inexperienced hydrogen, feeding the refining and fertilizer manufacturing processes to scrub up these processes,” he defined.

He commented that, as talked about by the digital president, Sheinbaum Pardo, the rescue of Pemex will proceed within the petrochemical sector, so the manufacturing of inexperienced hydrogen by CFE will assist strengthen the state oil firm.

The newest technique is power effectivity in public buildings comparable to hospitals, well being facilities, universities, secondary faculties, major faculties, museums, amongst others.

Romero mentioned the state-owned firm has been engaged on pilot packages internally, however is now capable of implement them in public administration buildings.

“Power assessments might be carried out on public buildings to find out the place there are alternatives for enchancment, after which tasks might be carried out to scale back power consumption by no less than 10 p.c,” he mentioned.