ARIZONA & MEXICO

7) In contrast, qualified consumers – a new concept introduced under the Electric Industry Law - will
be able to buy their power from generators or qualified suppliers, including the CFE.
8) CFE will continue to participate in other segments of the industry through a series of new
operating subsidiaries and affiliates that will be separated from each other and run as
independent business units.
Arizona and Mexico: An Important and Strategic Partnership
Ana Luisa Fajer Flores, Director General for North America, Mexico Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Mexico is Arizona’s number one trading partner and the 13th largest economy in the world with a young, talented
population that constitutes a thriving domestic market. Every day, 47,800 residents of México visit Arizona and spend $7.3
million dollars a day.
• Arizona exports $7.1 billion worth in products to Mexico and more of 100,000 jobs in Arizona depend on the trade with
Mexico.
• To continue to work together, improving our border infrastructure is not only key to trade and security, but to the
prosperity of our border communities and to the competitiveness of the whole region of North America.
• Arizona shares 389 miles of border with México, through which most of the winter produce currently consumed by the
United States and Canada passes.
• But beyond trade, our most valuable asset continues to be our people. Arizona is home to 1.7 people of Mexican origin
that contribute importantly to the prosperity of both Arizona and Mexico.
• As we are witnessing the fruits of our collaboration, we are pleased with the publication of this report that provides a
valuable insight on the importance of Mexico-Arizona relations
STRUCTURAL TAKEAWAYS
How these roles interact across the grid is set out in the table below. 7, 8 Although much of the country’s
reform efforts have been aimed at opening the market to competition, the government footprint still
looms large and, in some cases, larger than before as it now regulates a wholesale market that did not
exist in the pre-reform era. In its current state, the emphasis of reform remains on competitive
generation, rather than other aspects of the electricity business.
7
http://www2.deloitte.com/content/dam/Deloitte/us/Documents/strategy/us-cons-mexico-energy-reform-pandu-
05082014.pdf
8
http://www.laprensasa.com/309_america-in-english/3539803_residential-electric-rates-going-down-2-pct-in-mexicoin-2016.html
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