CFE and State Officials Announce 22-Day Power Grid Maintenance Plan in Quintana Roo

Nuevo Xcán, Quintana Roo — Community representatives from at least 17 communities in the municipality of Lázaro Cárdenas met Friday with officials from the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and the Quintana Roo state government to agree on a comprehensive maintenance plan for the power grid.

The meeting came after residents of Tres Reyes blocked the Nuevo Xcán-Cobá road to demand that power be restored. Outages in San Francisco, El Naranjal, San Cosme and San Juan de Dios had lasted up to three days, and a recent blackout across the Yucatán Peninsula disrupted businesses and rural families.

Community representatives said years without preventive or corrective maintenance had left the lines vulnerable to storms and power surges. CFE and state officials responded with an operational plan to begin immediately, including tree trimming and brush clearing along medium-voltage lines on the Nuevo Xcán-Campamento Hidalgo and Ignacio Zaragoza-San Juan de Dios routes. Crews will also cover the sector around kilometer 80 toward San Juan, as well as roads leading to El Naranjal and other rural settlements.

The operation will deploy 10 equipped work units over 22 consecutive days, including weekends, prioritizing areas at greatest risk or those where formal repair requests have been filed. Authorities also agreed to replace damaged transformers and structures. A transformer in Tres Reyes has already been replaced and is operating at full capacity.

Residents also asked authorities to rehabilitate a roughly 40-kilometer road, citing sunken pavement, deformations and poorly maintained shoulders as a safety hazard.