Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process.
Natural gas demand in Mexico follows a well-known seasonal pattern. Demand peaks in the summer when the electricity sector is stressed by the load of air conditioning systems. As a result, the months of June to August require complete coordination and special attention from the operators of the electricity and gas networks.
The summer season of 2024 so far has seen a fairly comfortable scenario compared to some in the past. So far, there have been no alert situations in gas pipelines or massive interruptions in electricity supply. The system was able to withstand heavy loads, even when temperatures in July exceeded 110 degrees in some regions of the country.
