Comisión Federal de Electricidad
Controversies
Controversies tied to this brand in public sources. A listing is not a finding of fault.
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2021
Disputed explanation for the 2020 blackout
CFE's account that a Tamaulipas grassland fire caused the December 2020 blackout was rejected by state authorities, who said the supporting document was falsified. CFE director Manuel Bartlett later admitted the document had been falsified.
2016
Enrique Ochoa Reza settlement controversy
A reported MXN 1.206 million settlement to former CFE director Enrique Ochoa Reza prompted questions about eligibility rules and constitutional restrictions on payments to senior state-company officials. Ochoa maintained that the payment was lawful and later said it was donated to charitable causes.
2011
Lindsey Manufacturing corruption case
Lindsey Manufacturing was convicted under the U.S. Foreign Corrupt Practices Act over allegations that payments were made through an intermediary to obtain CFE-related business. The indictments were later dismissed because of prosecutorial misconduct, and the government withdrew its appeal in 2012.
2010
ABB bribery case
ABB acknowledged that its network-management unit paid approximately USD 1.9 million in bribes to CFE officials between 1997 and 2004 in connection with contracts. The case was resolved in a U.S. court in 2010.