Monterey, NL. The president of the Chamber of the Transformation Industry of Nuevo León, Rodrigo Fernández Martínez, made a call to the federal government, through the Secretary of Economy, Tatiana Clouthier Carrilloso that SMEs have certainty and can count on energy at an efficient cost and regulatory improvement with clear rules that do not change in the middle of the game.
“Today more than ever, companies require certainty and clear rules to operate and generate opportunities for development that do not change in the middle of the game. With certainty and clear rules, it would be feasible for thousands of companies, large or small, to invest their resources and generate more and better jobs and thus achieve the social and economic development that Mexico demand”, emphasized the leader.
During the 78 Ordinary Annual General Meeting of Caintrain which he was ratified as president for the period 2022-2023, stressed that if you want the SMEs grow and continue generating jobs, it is necessary to guarantee them a sufficient electricity supply and at a cost that allows them to compete.
He claimed that in the last three years the federal government it has not materialized new electricity generation projects and has not granted new private permits, which will become a lack of energy in different regions and cities of the country.
“On New Lion It is something that we are already beginning to experience. In a recent survey we found that 67% of state companies that have sought to increase their electrical capacity have encountered delays or refusals to achieve it”, he pointed out.
He considered that it is possible to strengthen the Federal electricity commission and deliver efficient energy to the industry, by being able to use energy at a lower cost, regardless of who produces it to later use and charge for its transmission networks. With this CFE could generate higher income.
In addition, with an efficient generation cost, it would be possible to reduce energy rates for SMEs that today pay 90% more than their competitors in Texas and that they are the ones that generate 7 out of 10 jobs in Mexico.
“For the good of SMEs, we call on the Mexican government and the Congress of the Union to review the initiative of Electrical Reform under the approach of this sector. Inclusive social development is possible with formal and quality jobs with new industries and businesses that require quality electricity at competitive prices”, Fernández Martínez deepened.
On the other hand, the president of Caintra Nuevo Leon He explained that there are more than 900 standards listed in the National Quality Infrastructure Program for this year, and some are required, but others have no benefit and will bring more administrative work to SMEs.
“Secretary Clouthier We appreciate your listening, your interest and the push of these concerns to address them in favor of the national SME sector, we want to work together with you and your team and with the Mexican government to capture business opportunities for our country. We want to join efforts to simplify the operation of SMEs Help us! ”, He stressed.
The answer
At the end of the Assembly, the head of the Federal Economy, Tatiana Clouthier, commented to the local press, “there are two very specific requests made by (the industrialists) in the energy area, competitive and greener energy, that is what they want included in Electricity Reform, and what (United States Special Envoy for Climate) John Kerry discussed with the President.”
In context, during her participation, the Secretary of Economy commented that President Andrés Manuel López Obrador invited the partners of Caintra to a meeting next week.
Regarding the 900 standards, he said that this allows data from different dependencies to be cross-referenced through artificial intelligence to find out if these standards add value or not.
He noted that the war in Ukraine opens up opportunities for Mexicofor the relocation of companies, for this reason it is working with the industrial parks, to simplify the opening of companies and a lot of support is also required from the three levels of government.
“We are ready to work with the private sector, embassies and consulates, to create opportunities to develop other products, we have 29 reciprocal protection agreements,” the official stressed.
He considered that there are challenges to strengthen import substitution and local supply, with the support of commercial banks, for example in the automotive industry, but the training of specialized talent is also necessary, so that Mexico don’t get left behind.
“In the electrical part, the competitiveness of the international market is sought, we have to go step by step with national content, so that small companies become medium-sized and medium-sized companies become large companies,” he concluded.
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