Massive power outages disrupted daily life across Tabasco, Quintana Roo, Yucatán, and Campeche on the afternoon of Monday, March 24, leaving thousands of residents in the dark.
The outages began around 6:00 PM, with reports flooding social media from affected municipalities in Tabasco, including Nacajuca, Centla, Huimanguillo, Cárdenas, Macuspana, Centro, and Jalpa de Méndez. Entire neighborhoods, villages, and subdivisions were left without power.
The blackout extended to Campeche, impacting multiple neighborhoods in Ciudad del Carmen. Meanwhile, in Quintana Roo, power outages were reported as early as 5:00 PM, particularly in downtown Cancún and Playa del Carmen.
In response, the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) issued a statement explaining the situation. According to the CFE, the outages were caused by poor-quality natural gas with high humidity levels in the Mayakán gas pipeline, following a failure at the Nuevo Pemex cogeneration plant. This forced generating plants to switch to alternative fuels, prompting the implementation of scheduled power outages to mitigate further impacts.
The CFE assured the public that it is collaborating with Pemex to fully restore the electricity supply in the affected areas. Efforts are underway to stabilize the situation as residents await a return to normalcy.
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