CFE Deploys 3,812 Electricians for Rachel and Simón Across Eight States

The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) reported on October 11, 2026 a restoration of 84.7% of electricity supply in Baja California and Sonora, where post-tropical cyclone Rachel caused interruptions on the night of October 10, and of 99.78% in the six states affected by hurricane Simón, according to the CFE's official bulletin.

Rachel made landfall over Ensenada, Baja California, and the interruptions reached the municipalities of San Quintín, Ensenada, Mexicali and Tijuana, as well as General Plutarco Elías Calles, Puerto Peñasco and San Luis Río Colorado, in Sonora, according to La Jornada. The two affected distribution divisions account for 2.8 million users: 1,608,222 in Baja California and 1,215,182 in Sonora, according to the CFE's 22:00 count on October 11 that El Heraldo de México published. That report put affected users at 194,377 and restored users at 193,795, progress of 99.70%, with 582 pending in Baja California.

On infrastructure, the CFE reported the repair of the three damaged 115-kilovolt (kV) lines and of 58 of the 59 medium-voltage circuits, with one partially restored. The tally includes 8 transformers, 50 medium-voltage poles, 6 low-voltage poles and 11 medium-voltage spans, in addition to the five pumping services that recovered supply. The deployment totaled 3,812 electricians and 511 cranes across eight states: 3,139 workers and 427 cranes in Guerrero, Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa for Simón, and 673 electricians with 84 cranes in the northwest, along with 208 emergency plants and 3 Command Posts in Puerto Vallarta, Cihuatlán and Manzanillo. The CFE reported 5,663 megawatts (MW) available in dams and thermoelectric plants, with 1,795 MW in operation.

There remain 582 users without supply in Baja California and one medium-voltage circuit partially restored, according to the most recent count. For the week of October 13 to 17, the CFE published a maintenance calendar with staggered outages in Torreón, Coahuila, which ADN40 published with the streets and avenues by day.

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