CENACE

Regulation

June 16, 2026 · 8 min

CENACE: who runs the grid, and what the law tells it to do

CENACE does not generate, transmit or bill a single kilowatt-hour, yet it decides which plant runs, what price every node settles at and whether a new project gets connected. Mexico's 2025 Electricity Sector Law kept its core and changed three words that matter.

Regulation

May 19, 2026 · 4 min

The Bajío's grid is decided in June

Grid expansion runs on an annual cycle. Those who know the calendar can shape it with data; those who don't find out when the capacity is gone.

Regulation

May 12, 2026 · 5 min

24 months: the real interconnection timeline

From application to commercial operation takes 22 to 26 months in the best case. And your place in the queue isn't won when you apply — it's won when you sign.

Regulation

May 5, 2026 · 4 min

Who decides what on Mexico's power grid

An energy project in Mexico doesn't connect to "CFE". It connects to a system with four actors, and each one decides something different. Mixing them up costs months.

Infrastructure

January 6, 2026 · 8 min

One country, five maps: how Mexico is divided electrically

Mexico does not have one electricity map; it has five stacked on top of each other. Who operates, who transmits, who distributes, what it costs and where the price is set all follow different borders, and none of them match the states.