Why Texas congressman are upset with Mexico’s President

  • October 20, 2021

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 2020 file photo, a power generation plant stands idle near Huexca, Morelos state, Mexico. A constitutional reform presented by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador would cancel contracts under which some private power generating plants plants sell power into the national grid, declares “illegal” other private plants that sell energy direct to corporate clients in Mexico and would cancel many long-term energy supply contracts and clean-energy preferential buying schemes. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo, File)

 

 

Congressmen from Texas are voicing complaints about the government of Mexico and its efforts to limit competition in the electrical power sector.

As the Associated Press reported this week, some 20 U.S. Representatives from the state complained to U.S. Ambassador Ken Salzar about changes proposed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrado to restrict the market share of private power generators and favor Mexico’s state-owned utility company.

Click here for AP story.

Jerry Bohnen