Analysis of the mexican market : barriers for the sale of energy to customers

Abstract

This thesis has been born with the mission of understanding the changes that are taking place in the liberalization of Mexico power system and assess how these changes would affect consumers, incumbent companies and new entrants. The focus has been put on the commercialization of electricity as it is a part of the value chain which gains weight day after day. In fact, we may not know what the future of the power sector will look like, but we know the customer would be at its centre. To evaluate the liberalization, a simulation and benchmarking analysis of different consumer type bills has been done before and after the reform. For it, a regulatory analysis of the current tariff and a forecast of the new additive tariff structure has been done. Along the document, the aim has been on identifying any temporal or permanent barrier that may appear because of the process. In fact, some temporal distortions have been found due to the transition which will materialize in the figure of self-consumption societies but which due to its relatively small market share will not affect the success or failure of the retail market. Finally, some key parameters preventing more private involvement in the retail market have been also identified and some proposals have been suggested to create a playing field where the retail market can be developed in its full potential.