As follow-up to Bulletin 45, this note is aimed at referring to some of the flaws/questions that have been pinpointed regarding the Social Impact Assessment a little over one year since publication of the laws establishing this instrument; that is, the Hydrocarbons Law and the Electric Industry Law. Over the past few years it has become obvious that society refuses to accept many projects of a diverse nature and in many cases has made it possible to stop them. Thus the import

Context Amendment of articles 25, 27 and 28 of the Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States, which was published in the Federal Official Gazette (“DOF”) on December 20, 2013, resulted in issue of nine regulatory laws on August 11, 2014, and amendment of twelve others. The issued laws include the Hydrocarbons Law (LH) and the Electric Power Industry Law (LIE), which regulations were published on October 31, 2014. Said legislations regulate the so called Social Impact