Bloomberg Mexico’s Centro Nacional de Control de Energia (Cenace), which oversees the electrical system, indefinitely suspended critical tests for new clean-energy projects as the nation grapples with the spread of the coronavirus. Preoperative tests of intermittent power plants would be suspended along with other measures to increase the reliability of the national electrical system, Cenace said. Tests that haven’t yet ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump has signed an executive order aimed at securing the nation’s electricity system from foreign adversaries, a move that could restrict certain overseas companies from exporting products to the US. The order, which doesn’t name any specific countries or companies, blocks US purchases of certain power-system equipment from entities deemed a risk to national security. It empowers ...

Bloomberg Russia slightly increased its crude oil and condensate production in April ahead of the biggest-ever output cuts under the new Opec+ deal. The country’s producers pumped 46.45 million tons of oil last month, Interfax reported, citing preliminary data for April from the Energy Ministry’s CDU-TEK unit. The figure, which may be rounded, equates to about 11.349 million barrels a ...