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February 16, 2021 at 6:43 pm

Mexico Blames U.S. as Energy Crisis Spills Across the Border…

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by Amy Stillman

If President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was looking for ammunition in his quest to cut Mexico’s reliance on foreign energy, it would be hard to top the electricity blackouts affecting the north of the country.
Mexico reported 4.77 million homes and businesses losing power Monday after imports of natural gas from the U.S. were curbed, knocking power stations offline.
The disruption is a spillover of the worst electricity crisis in recent history in the U.S., where freakishly cold weather cut oil and gas output. Mexico has restored 80% of electricity in northern states and expects power to fully return Wednesday or Thursday, Lopez Obrador said at a press briefing Tuesday. But he didn’t miss the opportunity to make a political point.
The blackout is a reminder that Mexico should become energy independent, as prices for imported gas that Mexico uses to generate power spiked 5,000% amid the crisis, Lopez Obrador said.
“What is the lesson in all of this? We must produce,” he said, referring to gas, but also to gasoline and diesel. “We are seeing that we must seek to be self-sufficient.”
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AMLO, as the president is widely known, wants to strengthen CFE’s grip on Mexico’s power system and is seeking to pass a bill in congress that would give the utility priority over private companies in providing electricity. In his morning press conference on Monday, he said the bill didn’t contravene Mexico’s USMCA trade deal with the U.S. and Canada, a response to recent criticism from the business community on both sides of the border. Mexico’s antitrust watchdog has said the bill will hurt competition.

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