Every peso spent on prolonging gas dependency is a peso not invested in electricity transmission, battery storage, distributed solar generation, wind power, energy efficiency, demand management, or grid modernization.
In Mexico, energy is a public good provided by the State to ensure the continuity, reliability, accessibility, affordability, and sustainability of fuel and electricity supply as pillars of development.
Without a planned transition, without genuine diversification, and with declining oil production that no longer guarantees its own market share, Mexico faces a scenario in which neither gas nor oil operate as strategic levers.
Mexico is facing a race against time to strengthen not only energy sovereignty, but also energy security in a period of intensified US imperialism.