įurthermore, focusing on the principal premise where the initiative´s intention is to strengthen CFE, by pulling the company out from competition, effectively debilitates the national utility since the incentives to improve would be eliminated, given that its participation in the electricity market would be guaranteed. The draft could be enriched by conceding on those areas where there are more costs than benefits, including limiting competition (setting a cap on market participation), eliminating common regulatory practice (eliminating the regulators), and restricting economic activity (charging CFE to lead the energy transition, and cataloguing the exploitation of all critical minerals for the energy transition, including lithium, as an activity exclusive for the state). If we want to engage and create the incentives to have a more active electorate and increase the chances of passing a constitutional amendment in this sector, Congress could move for an agreement to adjust the text of the initiative. Certainly, the open parliament is a very welcoming tool to contrast ideas and arguments, but it is also a missed opportunity to make effective the participation of the population in these processes. However, the rules agreed upon by the Political Coordination Board of Congress only indicated that the open parliament would help in broadening the analysis of the initiative, but not provide for any potential adjustments to the text of the initiative. On the one hand, it helped in raising the level of awareness among the public in general, given that it was broadcasted live by the Congress channel (public) and other digital media on the other, it aided parliamentarians and the public in general to clearly identify pros and cons of the initiative. The open parliament was a useful exercise for two reasons. The themes discussed ranged from background knowledge about the power system created by the 2013 Energy Reform, including the role of government and its goals and results, to the content of the new reform, its environmental implications, the energy transition, and the role of electricity as a human right. 28, six topics were discussed in 25 forums encompassing 136 individual presentations, where most of the speakers supporting the reform came from the state utility, Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE). ![]() 15, 2021, the federal Congress approved a parliamentary agreement to carry out a series of formal discussions in an “open parliament” to broaden the analysis of the draft constitutional reform put forward by the head of the executive branch in September of last year, that if passed will reconfigure the energy sector.
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