Drought reduced CFE hydroelectric power output by 43% in 2023

Published June 12, 2024

Drought and extreme heat are making it difficult for Mexico’s state-owned Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) to expand hydroelectric power generation, which has been one of the company’s goals to help reduce fossil fuel dependence.

This year’s high temperatures have also prompted higher energy demand in recent months, straining the national power grid. Concern about CFE’s energy generation surged a month ago when 21 states reported power outages. On May 7-8, the National Center for Energy Control (Cenace) twice declared a state of emergency in the national power system.

According to the newspaper El Economista, the CFE produced 19,568 gigawatt hours (GWh) of hydroelectric energy in 2023, which was 43% less than the 34,110 GWh generated in 2022. Hydroelectric power contributed just 7.7% of CFE production in 2023 as compared to the 14% it contributed in 2022.

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