Cancun's El Milagro Neighborhood to Get CFE Grid Power: Poles and Meters Coming for 140 Families
The project is funded by the federal Universal Electric Service Fund; residents reviewed the blueprints alongside municipal authorities during a site tour.
El Milagro, a neighborhood in Cancun, will join the areas leaving informal electricity hookups behind: poles and meters will be installed so that 140 families can receive formal power service, the Benito Juárez municipal government reported after a tour held Monday with local residents.
The visit was led by Landy Guadalupe Canché Pantoja, acting head of the Municipal Presidency, joined by the Regularization and Housing Institute and city council members. During the tour, residents reviewed the project blueprints and saw the progress of the electrical infrastructure to be installed on their streets.
The work is funded through the Universal Electric Service Fund (FSUE), the federal mechanism operated with the Federal Electricity Commission (CFE) to bring grid power to neighborhoods and communities that lack it, as part of a national energy-justice strategy, according to the municipal government.
The second neighborhood in a week
The announcement comes one day after the municipality reported progress on the electrification of Colonia Mexico, where a 25-million-peso investment will benefit 204 families across 65 blocks using the same federal fund. Together, both projects now put more than 340 Cancun families on track to formally connect to the CFE grid.
For households, the change is tangible: leaving behind improvised hookups — known locally as "diablitos" — reduces the risk of fires and short circuits, allows families to contract service at regulated rates, unlocks the summer residential subsidy — crucial in the hottest months when fans and air conditioners drive up consumption — and provides a valid proof of address for other paperwork.
What comes next for El Milagro residents
The municipal government did not specify when the grid will be energized. Once installation is complete, each family will need to request a supply contract directly from CFE with an official ID and a document proving possession of the property. Lot-regularization paperwork can be followed up at the municipality's Regularization and Housing Institute, located in the city hall building.
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