Power has been fully restored across Yucatán, Quintana Roo, Campeche and Chiapas after an overnight blackout that lasted nearly eight hours, following vandalism to two high-tension transmission lines. The outage began minutes after 7 p.m. Monday and reached Mérida by about 7:21 p.m., cutting electricity across large parts of the city, its metro area and…
A 42-year-old CFE worker is recovering from serious injuries after an explosion that left as many as 1.3 million customers without power. Carlos “Sal” Balam Gutiérrez, a Pustunich resident, was performing routine tests at the Ticul substation around 8 a.m. Wednesday when it happened. An assistant at the switch apparently activated breakers at the wrong…
The CFE says that it plans to build two new power plants in Yucatán, where blackouts have bedeviled residents for years. The new plants in Yucatán will be in Mérida and Valladolid and should be completed by 2024. In all, the government-owned power company intends to build six power plants across the country to meet…
That’s all for now
That’s all for now