Mexico
With a power score of 1.64, Mexico ranks number 72 among emerging markets and number 99 in the global power ranking.
- Emerging markets
- Latin America
1.64 / 5
Power score
-9 places
Global power rank change
Overview
Mexico has a power score of 1.64, which puts it at rank 99 in the global power ranking, and rank 72 in the emerging markets power ranking. In comparison to 2021, Mexico has deteriorated in the power rankings by -35 places, from rank 64, to rank 99.
At 1.64, the power score of Mexico is lower than the regional average of 1.81 in the Latin America region.
Regional power score comparison
Power
Power policy
Mexico implements policies in 3/6 power policy categories tracked by Climatescope, including Renewable energy target, Renewable energy auction, Feed-in Tariff, Net Metering, Import tax incentives, VAT incentives.
Power policies
Power prices and costs
The average electricity price in Mexico has dropped from 128.5 USD/MWh in 2021 to 119.52 USD/MWh in 2022. Since 2017, the average electricity price in Mexico has fluctuated between 111.14 USD/MWh (2017) and 132.48 USD/MWh (2019).
Power market
The top amount of capacity installed in Mexico in 2022 was in Natural Gas at 48.01%, down from 48.71% in 2021. The technology with the biggest increase in capacity installed in 2022 was Solar PV at 12.77%, up from 11.44 in 2021.
Installed capacity (in MW)
Electricity generation (in GWh)
The largest electricity generating technology in Mexico in 2022 was Natural Gas, generating some 56.58% of electricity, down from 56.89% in 2021. The technology with the biggest increase in eletricity generation in 2022 was Coal at 4.17%, up from 2.67% in 2021.
Investment in clean energy in Mexico was around $717.81 million in 2022, a decrease of 8.56% from 2021 ($784.98 million). Between 2017 and 2022, the highest investment in clean energy was in 2017 at $5892.21 million, while the lowest was in 2022 with $717.81 million.
Utility privatisation
Which segments of the power sector are open to private participation?
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Wholesale power market
Does the country have a wholesale power market?
Doing business and barriers
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Currency of PPAs
Are other PPAs (eg. corporate PPAs) signed in or indexed to U.S. Dollars or Euro?
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Bilateral power contracts
Can a C&I (Commercial and Industrial) customer sign a long-term contract (PPA) for clean energy?
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Fossil fuel price distortions - Subsidies
Does the government keep the wholesale price of electricity from fossil fuels artificially low through subsidies?
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Fossil fuel price distortions - Taxes and carbon prices
Does the government significantly increase the wholesale price of electricity from fossil fuel through targeted taxes and/or carbon prices?
Transport
Transport policy
Mexico implements policies in 5/9 transport policy categories tracked by Climatescope, including Clean transport target, National ICE phase-out, EV purchase grant/loan incentive, EV VAT reduction/exemption, EV import tax reduction/exemption, EV income tax reduction/exemption, EV recurring tax reduction/exemption, EV charging infrastructure target, E-bus target.
Transport policies
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Fuel economy standards
Does the country have a fuel economy standard in place?
