CFE admits falsifying document but maintains green energy caused blackout Utility says forgery is minor; real issue is too much renewable energy in the grid
Published on Wednesday, January 6, 2021
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The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) has admitted falsifying a document it used to back up its claim that a wildfire in Tamaulipas contributed to last week’s massive power outage.
But the state-owned company maintains that the fire did in fact occur and that it, as well as a high concentration of renewable energy in the energy system, caused the blackout that affected 15 states.
It said that a fire affected transmission lines running between Ciudad Victoria, Tamaulipas, and Linares, Nuevo León, and that the blaze contributed to the blackout that left 10.3 million customers in several of Mexico’s major cities without power for up to four hours on Monday, December 28.
Outage left around 10.2 million users without electricity, with dozens of cities affected Jorge Antonio Rocha | 30.12.2020
MEXICO
A widespread blackout in Mexico yesterday that left millions without power was caused by a fire, an official said Tuesday.
During a briefing, transmission director Noe Peña from the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) said strong winds caused a fire to spread over 30 hectares of land between the northeastern states of Tamaulipas and Nuevo León.
The fire ultimately caused a power line crossing between the two states to shut down. A second line subsequently failed, creating an imbalance forcing the national grid operator to shut down.
By Yucatan Times on December 30, 2020
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The complaint will be filed in the federal and state instances for falsification of documents and apocryphal signature of a state official.
TAMAULIPAS Mexico (El Universal) – The state of Tamaulipas prepares a lawsuit against CFE. It will be filed in federal and state courts due to the falsifying of documents and the state official’s apocryphal signature.
Civil Protection of Tamaulipas confirmed that it is apocryphal documentation that Tuesday afternoon was presented by the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) as proof of an alleged fire that generated a blackout that affected several locations in the country last Monday. The state government will file a complaint about the falsification of documents and the state official’s apocryphal signature.
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10.3 million CFE customers affected as electrical system fails The outage affected at least a dozen states for up to two hours
Published on Tuesday, December 29, 2020
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The federal electrical grid failed Monday afternoon, leaving 10.3 million customers in several of Mexico’s major cities without power for almost two hours.
About 19% of CFE customers nationwide were affected in parts of Mexico City and México state as well as the cities of Guadalajara, Monterrey, Hermosillo, Saltillo, Culiacán, San Luis Potosí, Aguascalientes, Pachuca, Mérida and Oaxaca, among others.
At least a dozen states were affected.
In Mexico City, services on Line A and Line 1 of the Metro had to be suspended temporarily due to the outage.