Pride in Providing: How Judas Alvarez and CFE bring light to the energy future of Mexico

At the heart of the Mexican state of Sonora is the Federal Electricity Commission, or CFE, a company created and owned by the Mexican government that generates, distributes and markets electric power for almost 35.3 million customers and roughly 100 million people throughout Mexico and bordering nations.

CFE has 209 generating plants, an installed capacity of 52,515 megawatts, and more than 756,000 kilometers of power lines that transmit and distribute electric power to households across Mexico.The Northwestern Regional Transmission Company in particular is one of CFE’s newest companies, which services 2 million users distributed amongst the states of Sonora and Sinaloa.