2021-02-16 04:19:04
Bloomberg | Mexico Blames U.S. as Energy Crisis Spills Across the Border | 15-02-21
— "If President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador was looking for ammunition in his quest to cut Mexico’s reliance on foreign energy, it would be hard to top the electricity blackouts affecting the north of the country.
Mexico reported 4.77 million homes and businesses losing power Monday after imports of natural gas from the U.S. were curbed, knocking power stations offline.
The disruption is a spillover of the the worst electricity crisis in recent history in the U.S., where freakishly cold weather has cut oil and gas output. Mexico has restored power to 65% of users, state utility CFE said in its latest update. But the company didn’t miss the opportunity to make a political point.
The disruption “is why Mexico must seek autonomy,” Miguel Reyes, an official at CFE, said in a statement."
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-02-15/mexico-blames-u-s-as-energy-crisis-spills-across-the-border
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