Power outage hits southern Mexican state, including Cancun, local media says

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Power outage hits southern Mexican state, including Cancun, local media says

, Reuters - 11:40 PM ET 3/24/2025 default

MEXICO CITY, March 24 (Reuters) - A power outage left different towns in the southern Mexican state of Quintana Roo, including the popular tourist destination Cancun, without electricity, local media reported on Monday evening.

It was not immediately clear what caused the latest outage and state-owned utility CFE, a near-monopoly that produces around 99% of the country's electricity, could not immediately be reached for comment.

Mexico sometimes

consumes more electricity

than its utility infrastructure can generate and transmit, raising the likelihood of outages, especially during heat waves. (Reporting by Aida Pelaez-Fernandez; editing by Stefanie Eschenbacher)

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