Guadalajara, Jalisco, June 13, 2026 – Jalisco lawmakers approved a formal request for Mexico’s Federal Electricity Commission to explain how it will prevent and correct power outages affecting public services, including water infrastructure tied to the Lake Chapala supply system.
The agreement approved by the Jalisco Congress cites outages and voltage changes that damaged strategic infrastructure, including transformers at the Chapala pumping plant. Lawmakers said the failures affected the Miravalle water-treatment plant and water service in about 60 neighborhoods.
PVDN reviewed the legislative notice, SIAPA planning records, and recent local reporting. The case is centered in metropolitan Guadalajara and northern Jalisco, not Puerto Vallarta. The local connection fits when electricity fails, and pumps, wells, and treatment plants can fail with it.
Congress asks CFE for outage plans
The Jalisco Congress approved the request during its June 12 ordinary session. The agreement requires CFE to report on preventive and corrective actions for outages, blackouts, and voltage swings across several municipalities.
The legislative notice also cites complaints in Tlaquepaque and Zapopan, where lawmakers said residents reported damaged appliances, spoiled food, and business interruptions. Congress did not publish a current outage map or say that the 60 neighborhoods remain without water.
The proposal followed a broader push by state Deputy Verónica Jiménez Vázquez. She said power cuts were affecting homes, businesses, schools, factories, and health centers. In comments reported locally, she said the problem is worse in rural communities because “where there is no electricity, there is no water and no refrigeration for medicines.”
Recent reporting on the same proposal named complaints in the Guadalajara metro area and in municipalities including Encarnación de Díaz, Tala, Zapotlán el Grande, La Manzanilla de la Paz, and El Salto. In Encarnación de Díaz, the outages were reported to affect wells serving more than 12,500 residents.
The same package of agreements asked CFE and its Jalisco distribution division to address electricity failures in Bolaños and Mezquitic after storms damaged infrastructure in Wixárika communities. A recent damage assessment reported 71 affected homes in those northern Jalisco communities, including 23 that were no longer habitable.
The Chapala link to Guadalajara water
Lake Chapala is a major water source for the Guadalajara metropolitan area. SIAPA’s institutional plan states that more than 60 percent of the water supplied to its users comes from Lake Chapala. The agency also lists Miravalle and Las Huertas among its main treatment plants.
The transformer damage cited by lawmakers matches a publicly reported May 2024 incident, in which power instability damaged equipment in the Chapala-Guadalajara pumping system. That incident affected the Miravalle plant and left roughly 60 neighborhoods in Tlaquepaque, Tonalá, and Zapopan without water.
The pressure comes as SIAPA faces scrutiny over its own network. In March, Jalisco lawmakers questioned the agency’s progress during a review of the Guadalajara water crisis. SIAPA officials told legislators the system needs more investment and acknowledged obsolete infrastructure, while lawmakers said compliance with required actions was only partial.
PVDN has separately tracked the broader Guadalajara water crisis because it shows how failures in water quality, supply, billing, and infrastructure are becoming political issues beyond the capital city.
What to watch now
For readers in Puerto Vallarta, the issue is familiar, even if the current case is regional. Power interruptions can affect water service when local systems depend on electric pumps. Earlier this year, PVDN reported on a planned CFE maintenance outage expected to limit water service in dozens of Puerto Vallarta neighborhoods.
Residents experiencing outages should document the time, location, duration, voltage fluctuations, and any damage. CFE lists 071 as its 24-hour reporting line and accepts reports via its website, customer service centers, and the CFE Contigo app.
The next measurable step is whether CFE sends Congress a written technical response with locations, causes, timelines, and protection measures for water and public-service infrastructure before the rainy season deepens.
