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Lori C.
Procurement Manager, Global Auto Parts Supplier
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Buying Power in Mexico
An industrial buyer’s guide to electricity procurement, PPAs, and the MEM. 409 pages, 23 chapters, and a 22-tool buyer toolkit, published by Mexico Energy Partners in August 2026.
The book behind the analysis on this page. It sets out procurement as a management discipline with its own baseline, controls, and calendar, from the first bill to contract renewal. Free to qualified industrial and commercial energy buyers.
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- 20 August 2026
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Analysis organized around real facility decisions
Tariff structure, procurement, efficiency, reliability, and regulation in Mexico's electricity market, written for the teams that carry the decision.
September 15, 2026
View all analysis ↗The Financial Cost of Industrial Blackouts
On February 18, 2026, CENACE declared two states of emergency inside three hours, at 5:04 p.m. and again at 7:10 p.m. Operating reserves fell below 3% against the 6% the operato...
Read analysis ↗September 08, 2026Your energy audit is now mandatory
The October 2025 ruling for Mexico's new electricity law changes energy audit obligations for large industrial users. Here is what triggers the requirement and the timeline to c...
Read analysis ↗September 03, 2026What Querétaro data centers should model for reliable power
Before a capex committee signs a power or equipment contract for a Mexican data center, five variables decide the economics and the risk. An independent view of what to model, a...
Read analysis ↗April 07, 2026Solar and BESS against voltage sags in Mexican plants
From April 2026 the Código de Red raises the minimum power factor at the connection point from 0.95 lagging to 0.97, tested over 95% of measured time, for load centers at high v...
Read analysis ↗April 06, 2026Independent review of PPA and solar performance in Mexico
kWh Analytics measured mean availability of 96.4% to 97.2% across 165 photovoltaic systems, against the 99% project models assume, in analysis published on 1 July 2024. In most ...
Read analysis ↗March 29, 2026Interconnection delays will stall new industrial parks through 2028
AMPIP counts 103 industrial parks under construction across 17 states needing 2,500 MW of additional capacity by 2030, and puts the CFE transmission works phase at up to 25 mont...
Read analysis ↗March 06, 2026Hormuz shock reaches Mexican plants through diesel and freight
Brent closed at 72.87 US dollars a barrel on 27 February 2026, up 2.9% on the day, and Strait of Hormuz transit collapsed days later. Mexican plants buy almost no Gulf crude, ye...
Read analysis ↗November 29, 2025Nuevo León bottler cuts energy per unit 13%
A Monterrey bottling plant carrying about MXN 42 million a year in electricity cost cut its electricity per unit produced by about 13% in twelve months, on Mexico Energy Partner...
Read analysis ↗November 29, 2025How Planta en Control turns audits into savings
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory put the first year gain from a formal energy management system at about 5%, with certified facilities averaging 10% per cycle and a spread ...
Read analysis ↗November 29, 2025Quintana Roo hotel group cuts energy cost per room 9%
Electricity cost per occupied room fell about 9% over two years across three Quintana Roo resorts that bought an outsourced energy office instead of hiring a corporate energy ma...
Read analysis ↗November 29, 2025Outsourced energy management for industrial plants in Mexico
A Mexican plant drawing 45 GWh a year must file energy data with CONUEE between 1 March and 30 June, and every medium tension load center has carried Código de Red power factor ...
Read analysis ↗November 29, 2025Puebla auto parts plant cuts its CFE bill 8%
A 24/7 automotive components plant in Puebla spending about MXN 3.5 million a month cut its total electricity cost by roughly 8% in twelve months, about MXN 280,000 a month, wit...
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The energy study was very well done and delivered real results. The team took the time to understand how our plant actually operates and provided clear, practical recommendations.
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Plant Manager, Global Mining Company
The support we received on our Power Purchase Agreement was excellent. The team conducted a detailed and professional review.
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Plant Manager, Global Battery Manufacturer
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