CFE deploys 2,076 electricians across seven states for Hurricane Polo

The Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) deployed 2,076 electricians from its Distribution and Transmission divisions and 167 logistics workers across seven states on Mexico's Pacific coast ahead of Hurricane Polo, which on September 22, 2026 was located 305 kilometers southwest of Acapulco, Guerrero, with maximum sustained winds of 270 kilometers per hour.

The operation, reported by Forbes México, Milenio and La Jornada, includes the installation of the National Strategic Operations Committee and the advance deployment of personnel and equipment into areas of potential impact, with the stated goal of cutting response times and restoring service as soon as safety conditions permit. The preventive measures cover Guerrero, Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit, Sinaloa and Baja California Sur, where specialized crews are patrolling power networks to detect at-risk conditions. According to the 12:00 report on September 22 cited by Milenio, Polo was registering gusts of up to 325 kilometers per hour. The impact zone concentrates tourism and agro-industrial activity, which makes continuity of supply on the distribution grid the critical point of the operation.

The material deployment includes 331 cranes, 727 light vehicles, three helicopters, 82 emergency generators and 68 lighting towers, plus emergency communications units and satellite connectivity equipment that sustain field coordination when conventional networks go down. CFE reported that it also has eight strategic warehouses in Guerrero, Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco and Nayarit, supported by mobile units that move materials directly to work zones. Nationally, the company keeps 523 emergency generators, 244 lighting towers and nine mobile substations available to reinforce its response to weather contingencies. At generation plants, crews are protecting equipment and securing materials.

CFE said it will maintain preventive, coordinated work to protect electrical infrastructure, prioritizing the safety of the population and of its workers. The next data point to watch is the report on Polo's trajectory and the damage assessment on distribution grids in Guerrero, the state closest to the center of the cyclone in the September 22 report.

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