Power lines for La Candelaria and Puerto Chale 28% and 20% complete, with 66.92 million pesos invested
The state infrastructure agency and CFE are installing utility poles in both communities ahead of stringing medium- and low-voltage lines.
Work to bring electricity to La Candelaria, in Los Cabos, and Puerto Chale, in La Paz, is 28% and more than 20% complete, respectively, according to the state Urban Planning, Infrastructure, Mobility and Environment Department (SEPUIMM). Combined investment in the two projects exceeds 66.92 million pesos.
At this stage, crews are installing utility poles in both communities. This is the groundwork before cables and electrical infrastructure are put in place, the state agency said.
What is being built
In Puerto Chale, the more than 20% progress refers to the medium- and low-voltage lines. In La Candelaria, the project is 28% complete.
SEPUIMM head Carolina Armenta Cervantes said the projects answer a request residents of both towns have made for years. The Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) and the Los Cabos and La Paz municipal governments are taking part.
Why it matters
La Candelaria is a mountain village in the Todos Santos–Cabo San Lucas area, and Puerto Chale is a fishing camp on the Pacific coast in the north of La Paz municipality, near the Comondú border. Without grid power, communities like these depend on gasoline generators or solar panels to refrigerate food, keep the catch fresh or pump water.
A CFE grid connection allows households to sign up for regulated residential rates, which in practice cuts fuel spending for families and fishing cooperatives.
What is still unknown
The agency did not give a completion date, the length of the lines or the number of homes that will benefit. Once the work is finished, each household will need to set up a contract with CFE at the nearest service center, on the company's website or by calling 071.
Residents with questions about the project can contact their municipal delegation office or SEPUIMM, which is overseeing the work.
Related
The first phase will bring power lines to more than 100 families; city officials will return for a second meeting with residents.
The project tops 38 million pesos in combined funding from the Los Cabos city government, the state and CFE.
The city fixed public lighting in the city and rural areas; the reports came through the App La Paz application, the official channel to request a street-light repair.
The city government and Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission set up joint follow-up of reports and promoted the (624) 146-7600 line and the CFE Contigo app for residents.