Twenty-three renewable-energy operators have resumed testing of their installations, just a few weeks after the Mexican government halted grid connections for new solar and wind power projects, pending further notice. Mexico’s National Energy Control Center (Cenace) has faced a series of “amparo” lawsuits since the government introduced the new measures against renewables.
According to several Mexican media outlets, the 23 companies had filed “amparo” lawsuits against the grid-connection suspension, which the government had justified as a measure to protect energy security throughout the Covid-19 pandemic. Amparo lawsuits are an extraordinary measure in the Mexican justice system, with no equivalent in the common law tradition. They are usually filed to request the protection of an individual’s constitutional rights.
The 23 companies that have been given permission to restart their tests are: Recursos Solares PV de México IV, SA de CV; Akin Solar, SA de CV; Eólica Tres Mesas 4, S de LR de CV; Fuerza Eólica de San Matías, S de RL de CV; Fuerza Eólica del Istmo, SA de CV; Versalles de las Cuatas Uno, SAPI de CV; Versalles de las Cuatas Dos, SAPI de CV; Tai Durango Cuatro Neo, SAPI de CV; Eoliatec del Pacífico, SAPI de CV; Eoliatec del Istmo, SAPI de CV; Versalles de las Cuatas Tres, SAPI de CV; Mitre Calera Solar, S de RL de CV y Eléctrica del Valle de México, S de RL de CV; FV Mexsolar XI, SAPI de CV; Kenergreen, SAPI de CV; X-Elio FV Conejos Médanos, SAPI de CV; X-Elio FV Xoxocotla, SAPI de CV y ENR AGS, SA de CV. Parque Amistad II, SA de CV; Parque Salitrillos, SA de CV, EGP Magdalena Solar, SA de CV, Dolores Wind, SA de CV; and FRV Potosí Solar, S de RL de CV.