MEXICO CITY—Mexico is working to fix a power outage that hit around 400,000 users and was caused by a cold snap in the north of the country, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday. Amid the bad weather, national electricity grid operator CENACE said on Twitter that the outage had come about due to a shortage of natural gas and some transmission problems. Speaking at a regular news conference, Lopez Obrador said he expected the outage would be quickly resolved. The president dismissed suggestions that the outage could be linked to a “boycott” of Mexico by private power generators upset at his plan to strengthen state power utility, the Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), at their expense. The outage affected about 6,950 megawatts of load, CENACE said, urging consumers in the border states of Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas, and Chihuahua to cut back on electricity usage. The state of Coahuila …
Power Outage in Northern Mexico Hits 400,000 Users, President Says
February 15, 2021
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