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Energy transitions are complex undertakings that encompass techno-economic features as well as social aspects. However, policymakers tend to overlook the latter and privilege the former. This omission has vast implications on the energy system, such as the opposition to the deployment of wind or solar farms, and other energy facilities by sectors of the local population that face disenfranchisement. This chapter sets out Mexico’s regulatory policy in this subject and the ways in which the legal instrument ruling the energy transition has incorporated social aspects. It elaborates on the influence of grassroots movements in the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in highlighting the importance of inclusion of local population to achieve just energy transitions. The chapter seeks to understand the ways in which top-down public policies are modified by bottom-up social movements. |
