CFE Completes 2,939 Electrification Projects in 2026; Plans 8,225 More

Mexico's Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) completed 2,939 electrification projects in 2026 to date, deploying 1,167 million pesos in capital expenditure to extend grid access to more than 63,000 residents across all 32 states of the country, the utility announced on July 7.

The projects are part of the Priority Infrastructure Programme 2025-2028, funded by the Fondo de Servicio Universal Energético (FSUE, Universal Energy Service Fund), administered by the Secretaría de Energía (SENER). The full programme encompasses 42,221 projects over the four-year period, with an estimated total investment of 18,916 million pesos, and sets a target of achieving 99.99 percent national electricity coverage by the close of 2028. Interventions are concentrated in rural localities, indigenous communities, and marginalised urban areas, identified through an annual planning process that prioritises populations with the greatest social lag, according to La Jornada.

For the remainder of 2026, CFE has 8,225 additional electrification projects scheduled, with a projected investment of 2,726 million pesos and a projected benefit for 84,400 residents across the national territory, according to Infobae. Projects completed to date include medium- and low-voltage network extensions, pole and distribution transformer installation, and residential service connections in communities that previously depended on isolated generators or lacked electricity service entirely. The FSUE is a trust fund that channels resources collected through electricity tariffs toward coverage projects in areas where conventional distribution is not commercially viable; it is the programme's primary financing source. The capital deployed in the first half of 2026 represents the most significant advance of the programme since its launch in 2025.

Whether CFE meets the target of 8,225 projects in the second half of 2026 will signal the pace of progress toward the 99.99 percent national coverage objective. SENER publishes quarterly FSUE monitoring reports; the next update, covering the third quarter, is expected in October 2026.

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