Electric Self-Consumption Permits: Requirements for Power Plants from 0.7 to 20 MW

Executive Summary:

• On August 6, 2025, the National Energy Commission published the agreement with the requirements for obtaining power generation permits for interconnected self-consumption with a capacity of 0.7-20 megawatts (MW).
• The agreement to obtain the permit for self-consumption energy generation will enter into force upon publication of the Regulations of the Electricity Sector and Energy Planning and Transition Laws.

Through a publication in the Official Gazette of the Federation (“DOF”) on August 6, 2025, the National Energy Commission (“CNE”) issued the “Agreement of the National Energy Commission establishing the requirements for obtaining a generation permit for interconnected self-consumption in power plants with a capacity between 0.7 and 20 megawatts (MW)." (he "Agreement for Self-Consumption Permits”), which establishes the requirements that must be presented by interconnected self-consumption power plants with a capacity of 0.7 MW to 20 MW, which includes the presentation of:

1. The format issued by the CNE for such purposes, in which the following must be completed:
   • the applicant's data;
   • the type of technology to be used;
   • the capacity of the power plant;
   • the location where the project will be carried out;
   • if it has support, its own or contracted;
   • the description of the financing plan;
2. The single-line diagram with the proposal for interconnection to the National Electric System (“SEN
3. The works program, including start and operation dates, as well as completion dates.  
4. The business plan for developing the project in case the power plant is not installed.  
5. Accreditation of the applicant's technical and financial capacity.
6. Among others.

It is important to note that, while some of the requirements contained in the Agreement for Self-Consumption Permits were already contemplated by previous legislation, this one provides for the submission of new documents, as well as the inclusion, in the case of intermittent power plants that will inject energy into the SEN, of having a backup, either their own or contracted, through an electrical energy storage system, better known as SAE.

The CNE will publish the aforementioned format in Section I on its website and in the DOF.

The Self-Consumption Permit Agreement will enter into force upon publication of the Regulations of the Electricity Sector and Energy Planning and Transition Laws.

^{Reference Links: https://www.dof.gob.mx/nota_detalle.php?codigo=5764827&fecha=06/08/2025#gsc.tab=0}

^{For more information on the requirements for applying for a generation permit, contact Juan Carlos Machorro, Elena Ocampo, or Daniela A. Alcántara.}