Mexico Says US Energy Secretary to Visit, Power Market Concerns Eyed

Mexico Says US Energy Secretary to Visit, Power Market Concerns Eyed
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm takes questions during a media briefing at the White House in Washington, on Nov. 23, 2021. Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
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MEXICO CITY—U.S. Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm will travel to Mexico this week for talks, with the government’s planned overhaul of the Mexican electricity market potentially on the agenda, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday.

The United States has voiced concerns about an initiative championed by Lopez Obrador which aims to strengthen state control of the power market at the expense of private companies.