CFE to tender 245 transmission works worth 35,904 million pesos

The Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) presented on November 4, 2026 a portfolio of 32 transmission and transformation projects grouping 245 works, with an estimated investment of 35,904 million pesos, within the 2026-2030 Expansion Plan.

The CFE bulletin specifies that the portfolio comprises 107 transmission line works and 138 interventions in electrical substations. The technical scope totals 2,152 kilometers-circuit, 7,180 megavolt-amperes (MVA) of transformation capacity, 2,208 megavolt-amperes reactive (MVAr) of compensation and 124 feeders. Forbes México reports that execution is split across three schemes: 16 projects through CFE Fibra E, two under budgeted public works and 14 under financed public works. The CFE links the portfolio to demand growth, the development of new industrial centers and the incorporation of generation sources, and aims to reduce operational constraints on the National Transmission Grid.

Among the CFE Fibra E projects are San José Iturbide Banco 4, in Guanajuato, with seven works, 300 MVA and 76 kilometers-circuit, and El Arrajal Banco 1, in Baja California, with eight works, 300 MVA and close to 260 kilometers-circuit to reinforce supply to San Felipe. In Jalisco, Guadalajara Industrial Banco 2 contemplates 18 works and 300 MVA. The portfolio adds the Energy Supply in Tabasco, with ten works between Chiapas and Tabasco, and the Transmission Grid for the Integration of Northwest-North Generation, Stage 4, which includes the Torreón Sur-Derramadero line of 400 kilovolts (kV) and 238 kilometers-circuit between Chihuahua and Coahuila. The tenders will cover autotransformers, power transformers, capacitors, reactors, STATCOM equipment, switches, conductors and insulators.

On contracting, 11 projects will be processed through the Special Scheme Contracting System (SCOEE) and 21 through the CFE tender microsite, with publications scheduled between October 2026 and March 2027. The first calls for tenders and the timetable for new generation coming online are the points to watch to gauge the grid's progress.

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