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Mexico’s high-use electricity rate rises 7.2% in October
Mexico’s CFE raised its high-use electricity rate by 7.2% to 7.3% in October compared with a year earlier.
The tariff applies to households whose average monthly power use exceeds a limit set by CFE for their area.
Customers pay the tariff without government subsidies, and the energy charge varies by region, ranging from 6.142 to 7.131 pesos per kilowatt-hour.
The fixed monthly charge also rose 3.1%, to 145.79 pesos in every region.
The October increase was the largest since 2022, when energy charges rose about 30.4% year over year.
High-use customers fell 87% from 2019 to 2024, to 61,550, or 0.1% of CFE’s customers; the figures show how few households are affected, but those who qualify face higher charges.
Mexico’s high-use household electricity rate rose 7.2% year on year in October, according to data from the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE).
It was the largest October increase since 2022.
The energy charge ranged from 6.142 to 7.131 pesos per kilowatt-hour across the country’s regions.
The fixed monthly charge was 145.79 pesos, up 3.1% from October 2025.
The DAC rate applies to households whose average monthly electricity use exceeds the CFE limit for their locality and has no government subsidy.
- Who
- The CFE and households classified as high electricity consumers.
- What
- The DAC energy charge rose 7.2% year on year in October.
- When
- October 2026, compared with October 2025.
- Where
- Mexico.
- Why
- The rate applies to households whose average monthly electricity use exceeds the CFE limit for their locality. The sources do not state why the charge increased.
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- Annual rate change
- 7.2% in October
- Highest regional energy charge
- 7.131 pesos per kWh in Baja California Sur
- Lowest regional energy charge
- 6.142 pesos per kWh in the north and northeast
- Fixed monthly charge
- 145.79 pesos, up 3.1% year on year
- High-use customers
- 61,550 in 2024, down from 470,280 in 2019
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