CFE is the acronym for Comision Federal de Electricidad in Mexico.
CFE is short of electricity in Northern Mexico because the Mexican mining laws in the
northern Mexican states, along the US border from Brownsville to Tiajuna, conflict with the petroleum laws
of Mexico; and the politics of the oil-producing states, conflict with the politics of
the mining states. So now, CFE is plannning to build a 36 inch pipeline to import natural gas from
Texas into the Monterrey area. CFE is caught in this storm of politics, especially during the "canicula"
when the demand for electricity for air conditioning and cooling, causes brown-outs
and transfomer failures due to shortage of electricity. Low voltage on three-phase circuits cause untold
commercial damages of AC motors, when one phase is down. The street lights flicker on and off, the
electric motors in ACs and fans run at half speed, until the motors burn out. After 6 hours, most refrigerated
food at home and in the stores, is questionable. That is one explanation offered by Nuevo Leon state newspapers, including
Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. So even though Mexico has plenty of natural gas in the northern Mexican states; the
conflicts between Pemex and CFE, although mostly confidential, are causing shortages of
electricity in the northern Meican states. Monterrey has outpaced Tampico as an industrial capital of Mexico.
Good news is that from Rio Salado, NL to the outskirts of Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, the federal
highway 85 has been rebuilt as new. You can cross Bridge II in a fast car, and drive legally to downtown Monterrey,
NL, is two hours. Once on a Mexican toll.road, the Feds do not bother "fast and furious" drivers. I
have seen cars pass me at 110 mph. A major effort is needed to build a 2d adequate NAFTA international
bridge next to International Bridge III in the state of Tamaulipas. Colombia is for tourists, and Aduana
does not allow heavy equipment imports across that bridge. The 2d import/export Trump NAFTA bridge can cross into Nuevo Leon
state, instead of Tamaulipas state. Coordination with El Bronco in Monterrey can be facilitated by Ing. Federico Wiegand
for this. Likewise, the big new Mexico City airport is making excellent progress. Maybe it will be the biggest
airport in North and South America.