Mexico’s new government has limited leeway to alter the energy policies of the previous administration despite its anti-private sector rhetoric. The restrictions it is facing seem to have been confirmed by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s recent U-turn on forcing companies to renegotiate contracts with state utility the CFE.
The new government is opposed to the previous administration’s approach to power sector policy, which it claims has harmed the CFE. López Obrador noted last week that the utility currently provides just 50% of Mexico’s electricity, down...
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