On October 23, 2023, the Mexican Executive published in the Federal Official Gazette the "Decree establishing measures to combat the illicit market of fuels, related to the importation of goods regulated by SENER" ("Decree")....more
On March 1, 2023, the Resolution A/004/2023 of the Energy Regulatory Commission (Comisión Reguladora de Energía, "CRE") entered into force with the purpose of resuming the legal terms of the procedures carried out before said...more
On August 9, 2022, the Energy Regulatory Commission (Comisión Reguladora de Energía, "CRE") published a new preliminary draft of "General Provisions that establish the procedure and requirements to obtain the authorization...more
On July 26, 2022, the Energy Regulatory Commission (“CRE”) published a preliminary draft of new “General Administrative Provisions that establish the requirements for the filing of applications, updates, modifications and...more
On August 1, 2022, the Energy Regulatory Commission ("CRE") published a preliminary draft of new "General administrative provisions that establish the requirements for the submission of applications for permits,...more
On July 20, 2022, the United States requested consultations with Mexico under the Dispute Settlement chapter of the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), arguing that several of Mexico’s energy policies are...more
7/22/2022
/ Biden Administration ,
Canada ,
Climate Change ,
Energy Sector ,
Investment ,
Market Access Rule ,
Mexico ,
Natural Gas ,
Oil & Gas ,
Paris Agreement ,
State-Owned Enterprises ,
United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA)
Investors in the Mexican energy sector are facing evolving challenges, as the Mexican government is making good on threats to increase state interference in the sector through the implementation of changes in electricity...more
7/20/2022
/ Clean Energy ,
Climate Change ,
Energy Reform ,
Energy Sector ,
Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) ,
Foreign Direct Investment ,
Investment ,
Lithium Batteries ,
Mexico ,
PEMEX ,
Renewable Energy ,
Risk Assessment ,
Solar Energy ,
Sustainability
On June 15, 2022, the Energy Regulatory Commission ("CRE") published in the Federal Official Gazette the Resolution No. A/015/2022 by means of which the Energy Regulatory Commission establish the scenarios that constitute a...more
Rules Applicable to Unconstitutionality Actions -
Unconstitutionality actions are abstract constitutional control mechanisms available to certain Governmental entities.1 The legal standard to accept and initiate these types...more
On March 30, 2022, the Energy Regulatory Commission ("CRE") published in the Federal Official Gazette the "General Provisions that establish the terms for submitting information regarding corporate purpose, legal, technical...more
On September 30, 2021, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent to the Chamber of Deputies an "Initiative with a draft of decree amending articles 25, 27 and 28 of the Political Constitution of the United Mexican...more
On May 19, 2021, the Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador published in the Federal Official Gazette1 the "Decree amending the thirteenth transitory article of the Hydrocarbons Law" (the "Reform"), in order to...more
Following our client alert published on March 30, 2021, the "decree by which several provisions of the Hydrocarbons Law are amended and added" (the "Reform") was published on May 4, 2021 and entered into effect on May 5,...more
On March 26, 2021, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent to the Chamber of Deputies the "initiative to modify the Hydrocarbons Law," (the "Initiative").
The Initiative intends to modify relevant aspects of...more
On February 1, 2021, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sent to the Chamber of Deputies the "Preferential treatment initiative to modify the Electricity Industry Law," (the "Initiative").
The Initiative would...more
Following our client alert published on November 17, 2020, it is informed that the Resolution that establishes the products whose import and exports is subject to regulation by the Ministry of Energy (the "Resolution") was...more
On December 17, 2020, the National Hydrocarbons Commission ("CNH") published in the Federal Official Gazette ("DOF") the Resolution CNH.E.50.002/2020 (the "Resolution"), by means of which the Administrative Provisions...more
Following our client alert published on October 12, 20201, described below are the projects announced in the Second Infrastructure Investment Plan, which includes 29 new projects, representing a total amount of MXN $228...more
Agreement for Economic Reactivation -
On October 5, 2020, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, together with the Business Coordinating Council, executed the Agreement for Economic Reactivation (hereafter the "Plan"),...more
On October 7, 2020, the Energy Regulatory Commission (Comisión Reguladora de Energía, "CRE") published in the Federal Official Gazette ("DOF") a resolution (the "Resolution") to amend the "General provisions that establish...more
On July 29, 2020, the Board of Commissioners of the Energy Regulatory Commission ("CRE") approved the "Regulatory Program 2020" (the "Regulatory Program") by means of Resolution No. A/024/2020. The Regulatory Program is a...more
The Federal Judicial Branch published on August 14, 2020, on the Weekly Federal Judiciary, certain jurisprudence criteria related to the energy sector. In particular, the criteria relates to the jurisdiction of the District...more
On August 3, 2020, the National Hydrocarbons Commission (the "CNH") published through the Federal Official Gazette, the resolution whereby the CNH establishes several measures in order to promote the development of petroleum...more
8/7/2020
/ Coronavirus/COVID-19 ,
Energy Sector ,
Force Majeure Clause ,
Hydrocarbons ,
Mexico ,
National Hydrocarbons Commission (CNH) ,
New Regulations ,
Oil & Gas ,
Petroleum ,
Public Health Emergency ,
Suspension Clause
On July 8, 2020, the Ministry of Energy ("SENER") issued through the Federal Official Gazette, the Energy Sector Program (Programa Sectorial de Energía) 2020-2024 (the "PROSENER"). PROSENER is a planning instrument derived...more
7/16/2020
/ Electricity ,
Energy Sector ,
Energy Storage ,
Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) ,
Hydrocarbons ,
Mexico ,
Oil & Gas ,
PEMEX ,
Power Plants ,
Regulatory Agenda ,
Renewable Energy
On February 13, 2020, the Energy Regulatory Commission ("CRE") made public knowledge of a preliminary draft that proposes to amend the General provisions that establish the terms to request an authorization to modify or...more