Sener Puts State Generation at 58.2% and Projects 32,000 MW

Secretary of Energy Luz Elena González Escobar told the Senate Energy Commission on November 12, 2026, that the Mexican State supplies 58.2% of the energy injected into the National Electric System (SEN) and presented a plan to add 32,000 megawatts (MW) of new generation capacity by 2030, according to El Economista.

The program breaks the target into roughly 22,000 MW of renewables, equivalent to 70% of the total, and about 10,000 MW of firm generation from fossil sources, according to Expansión. The same coverage reports that the renewable share of national generation would rise from 23% in 2024 to 38% in 2030. González Escobar framed the goal as a reversal of the decline in the State's share, which she placed at a fall from 99% to 40% between 2000 and 2020, according to El Economista. For the region, an addition of 32,000 MW drives equipment orders, engineering contracts and financing across the North American supply chain, and it sets the trajectory for SEN natural gas demand, a market supplied in part by pipelines from Texas.

On transmission and distribution, the official reported public investment of 161,226 million pesos and 72,470 million pesos, respectively, according to Expansión. The detail includes 35 completed transmission projects, 83 under execution and 37 in tender; in distribution, 32 new substations, 57 grid expansions and 1,338 modernization works. Of the generation package, 102 projects are mixed and 19 are private, mainly solar photovoltaic and wind. Expansión puts the number of generation plants under construction at 141 by the end of 2027, 41 more than the 100 planned in September, with an estimated investment of 460,000 million pesos. González Escobar added that the strategy aims to address international volatility and natural phenomena, and to contribute to stable household electricity tariffs, according to El Economista.

The next checkpoint will be the start of the 37 transmission works still in tender and the physical progress of the 141 plants planned for the end of 2027. Alongside those two dates is the target of 38% renewable generation by 2030.

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