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February 23, 2024

What Will Become of AMLO’s Power Sector Reforms?

The Mexican Supreme Court ruled last month that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s power sector reforms unconstitutionally privileged state-owned Comisión Federal de Electricidad. // File Photo: Mexican Government.

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Larry B. Pascal and Carlos Alva, members of the International Practice Group at Haynes and Boone: “The Mexican Supreme Court decision brought a rebalancing of interests to the Mexican power sector by striking down aspects of the 2021 energy reform designed to favor CFE and the fossil fuel energies it predominantly relies upon. The decision is a positive development for private renewable power generators and may prompt them to reconsider investing in Mexico, thereby advancing Mexico’s energy transition goals and its Paris Agreement commitments. With respect to the related disputes between the United States and Mexico, the decision provides more clarity for foreign investors. For the U.S. government, the court decision may enable it to…”

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A sister publication of the Inter-American Dialogue’s daily Latin America Advisor, the weekly Energy Advisor captures fresh analysis from business leaders and government officials on the most important developments in oil and gas, biofuels, the power sector, renewables, new technologies, and the policy debates shaping the future of energy in the Western Hemisphere and beyond. To subscribe or for more information, contact Gene Kuleta, editor of the Advisor, at gkuleta@thedialogue.org.

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Nigel Blackaby
Global Head, International Arbitration Group,
Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

Jimena Blanco
Chief Analyst,
Verisk Maplecroft

María José Cortés
Head of ESG,
Atlas Renewable Energy

Jeffrey Davidow
Senior Counselor,
The Cohen Group

Analia Gonzalez
Leader, Arbitration & Litigation,
Laitn America, BakerHostetler

Jonathan C. Hamilton
Partner,
White & Case

Raul Herrera
Partner, Corporate &
Securities Practice,
Arnold & Porter

James R. Jones
Chairman,
Monarch Global Strategies

Jorge Kamine
Partner, Corporate &
Financial Services,
Willkie Farr & Gallagher

Craig A. Kelly
Senior Director,
Int’l Government Relations,
Exxon Mobil

Jeremy Martin
Director,
Energy Program,
Institute of the Americas

Larry Pascal
Chairman, Americas
Practice Group,
Haynes & Boone

R. Kirk Sherr
President,
Clearview Strategy Group

Daniela Stevens
Director,
Energy Transition and Climate Program,
Inter-American Dialogue

Doris Rodríguez
Partner,
Hunton Andrews Kurth

Alexandra Valderrama
Director,
International Government
Affairs, Chevron

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