Energy · Policy

—The target. Mexico wants electricity to reach 99.99 percent of the country by 2028, up from 99.85 percent today.

—The gap. Around 740,000 people in more than eight thousand small, remote communities still have no formal power supply.

—The bill. The plan funds more than 45,000 electrification works at a cost of about 21.4 billion pesos ($1.2 billion).

—The method. Where grid lines cannot easily reach, the state will install off-grid solar systems instead.