Comisión Federal de Electricidad
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| Type | Government-owned corporation |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1937 |
| Headquarters |  Mexico City, Mexico |
| Key people | Alfredo Elías Ayub (CEO) |
| Industry | Electricity generation, transmission and distribution |
| Products | Electricity |
| Revenue | ▲US$ 20.6 billion |
| Net income | ▼US$ -682.5 million |
| Employees | 80,127 |
| Website | http://www.cfe.gob.mx |
The Comisión Federal de Electricidad (English: Federal Electricity Commission) is the Mexican state-owned electric monopoly, widely known as CFE. It is the dominant electric company and the second most powerful state-owned company in Mexico (after Pemex, Petroleos Mexicanos). The Mexican constitution states that the government is responsible for the control and development of the national electric industry, and CFE carries out this mission.
CFE is not a part of the North American Electric Reliability Corporation, though its transmission system in northern Baja California is part of the Western Electricity Coordinating Council, and it also has a few other interconnections across the border with United States.
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[edit] History
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[edit] Constitutional reforms
During years, plans for a reform of the electric sector, which included private investments on CFE, have been discussed. Most of these plans have been rejected because customers perceive this as an "undercover privatization". Proponents claim that CFE has grown up to become a monopolist company, used by the federal government to control the electric industry and as a source of income. Critics point out the inefficient service provided by private gas companies (gas service was provided by CFE until 1997), and that customers have to pay high prices (even though they were told that the privatization of this service would decrease costs). Currently, critics claim that private utilities (which sell electric excedents to CFE) could be used as a first step towards a privatization.
[edit] Divisions
CFE's coverage area is divided into several divisions:
- Baja California
- Baja California
- Baja California Sur
- Noroeste (North East)
- Sonora
- Sinaloa
- Norte (North)
- Durango
- Chihuahua
- Golfo Norte (North of Gulf of Mexico)
- Coahuila
- Nuevo Léon
- Tamaulipas
- Bajío
- Aguascalientes
- Guanajuato
- Hidalgo
- Queretaro
- Zacatecas
- Golfo Centro (Middle Gulf)
- Tamaulipas
- San Luis Potosí
- Jalisco
- Jalisco
- Nayarit
- Centro Occidente (Middle West)
- Colima
- Michoacán
- Centro Sur (South Center)
- Estado de México
- Morelos
- Guerrero
- Centro Oriente (Middle East)
- Puebla
- Tlaxcala
- Oriente (East)
- Veracruz
- Sureste (South East)
- Chiapas
- Oaxaca
- Tabasco
- Peninsular
- Campeche
- Quintana Roo
- Yucatán
[edit] Miscellaneous
Since the CFE is the dominant electric company in Mexico, most customers refer to it as "La comisión" (e.g. "The commission"). While there are other Mexican government commissions, the term is almost exclusively applied to the CFE.
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