Overview
- The summer electricity subsidy, which began Wednesday, is active in Sonora and Quintana Roo through October 31 to ease bills during peak heat.
- Sonora applies the 1F summer rate statewide for qualifying homes, a move the governor says expands relief by running April through October.
- The CFE says about 42% of users, or roughly 20.8 million households, qualify based on locality in climate zones 1A to 1F and only if their use stays in the low-consumption range.
- Sonora widened its cheaper tier to cover 1–1,200 kWh at the same price and created a new 1,201–2,500 kWh tier at 0.996 pesos per kWh, after cutting the number of consumption bands from four to three.
- Officials urge efficient use because the subsidy is temporary and some households could face higher bills once it ends if they keep summer-level consumption.