In the 2025 Expenditure Budget, transfers for the energy sector equal the planned expenditure for health, education and the environment, warned the Center for Economic and Budgetary Research (CIEP).
The transfers planned for Pemex and the CFE represent 82.4% of the IMSS-Bienestar budget, 100% of the Benito Juárez scholarship programs and three times the budget of the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources.
In the opinion of the CIEP, it is important that a comprehensive review of budget priorities be carried out to guarantee a more equitable and efficient distribution of public resources, balancing energy development without neglecting the well-being of the population, guaranteeing access to quality services.
In the document “Energy Budget 2025. From proposals to allocation”, the CIEP warned that although the strengthening of Pemex and CFE continues, the energy budget would have a reduction of 4.6% compared to what was approved for 2024.
The sector’s budget is made up of the CFE, with 44.4% of the total; Pemex, with 33.4%; the Ministry of Energy (SENER9), with 12.8%; Branch 23 with 9.5%, and the regulatory bodies with 0.04%.
Of the allocated resources, SENER would have a 20.9% decrease in its budget; Pemex a reduction of 10.5%; CFE an increase of 5.5%, and branch 23 an increase of 3.1% due to subsidies for electricity rates and support for debts.
The budget increases in the CFE for generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy stand out, as well as in the programs associated with subsidies for electricity rates.
As for Pemex, the reduction in economic infrastructure projects stands out, and increases in maritime-port infrastructure programs and operation and maintenance in ecology of 1,999% and 126%, respectively.
Furthermore, for 2025, SENER has contemplated transfers to Pemex for 136,349 million pesos, and to the CFE 82 million, decreases of 10.2% and 99.9%.
“This underscores the need to reexamine fiscal priorities, balancing transfers to public enterprises with the critical needs of other sectors. Ensuring the country’s fiscal sustainability implies making strategic decisions that not only maximize social well-being but also support energy development in a sustainable manner,” the CIEP stated.
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