Gas Prices and Power Outages Hit Families in Felipe Carrillo Puerto

Felipe Carrillo Puerto, Quintana Roo — Residents of this municipality are grappling with a double burden: soaring fuel prices and frequent power outages that disrupt daily life across rural communities, with no clear response from authorities or service providers so far.

At a gas station in town, regular gasoline is selling for 25.29 pesos per liter, premium for 28.94 pesos, and diesel for 28.20 pesos — prices that weigh heavily on families and workers who depend on cars or motorcycles to get around and make a living.

The high cost of fuel extends beyond filling the tank. It drives up transportation costs, the movement of goods, and services in a sprawling municipality where hundreds of families travel long distances between rural communities and the municipal seat.

Adding to the strain, residents of several rural communities are enduring repeated blackouts. The outages affect household activities, local businesses, water pumps, food storage, and other essential tasks that depend on a steady electricity supply.

While residents continue to pay their electricity bills on time, they are demanding more effective action to address the failures. People in the affected communities are asking how much longer they must put up with recurring interruptions without a permanent fix, and are calling on the responsible utility to repair the deficiencies in the grid.

The contrast is hard to miss: families face increasingly expensive fuel just to get around, while entire communities struggle with an unreliable power supply. For residents of Felipe Carrillo Puerto, the demand is straightforward: paying for services should not mean accepting high prices and constant failures without answers.