Hurricane Simón leaves 12 municipalities in Guerrero without power; CFE mobilizes 2,316 electricians

Hurricane Simón left 12 municipalities in Guerrero without electricity supply, among them Acapulco de Juárez, Coyuca de Benítez and San Marcos, after damage to the grid began at 15:54 on October 8, 2026, the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) reported.

According to the CFE bulletin, restoration work began immediately with qualified personnel and will continue until 100% of service is restored. El Universal reported that in Acapulco the rains caused flooding, landslides and falling trees; on Calzada Pie de la Cuesta, in the western part of the port, power poles came down, and the Secretaría de Educación de Guerrero suspended classes in both shifts on Friday. The episode comes in the middle of the 2026 cyclone season and in one of the areas of the Mexican Pacific most exposed to these systems, where the distribution grid operates under emergency response protocols.

For the contingency, the CFE deployed resources at strategic points in Guerrero, Michoacán, Colima, Jalisco, Nayarit and Sinaloa:

- 2,316 electrical workers - 300 cranes - 726 light vehicles - 17 off-road vehicles - 85 emergency generators - 113 lighting towers - 4 helicopters

The company maintains coordination, through the Sistema Nacional de Protección Civil, with the Secretaría de la Defensa Nacional, the Secretaría de Marina, the Comisión Nacional del Agua, the Secretaría de Salud and state and municipal governments. According to the same bulletin, the contingency plan includes monitoring the storm, checking fuel levels for generation and setting up strategic warehouses. As a preventive measure, Tribuna de la Bahía documented CFE units entering Puerto Vallarta, Bahía de Banderas and the southern coast of Jalisco at around 16:00 on October 8, with effects expected between the afternoon of Saturday the 10th and the morning of Sunday the 11th.

The CFE said the work will continue until every affected user is covered, while the preventive deployment on the Jalisco coast waits on Simón's track.

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