Mexico's state-run power utility on Wednesday filed a breach of contract lawsuit in a Texas state court against two former executives of its U.S. arm, alleging they improperly awarded a lucrative gas supply deal.
The lawsuit, by a unit of Comision Federal de Electricidad , comes amid Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's efforts to redraw energy deals that he believes disadvantage CFE and state oil firm Petroleos de Mexico. Mexico has disputes with U.S. companies involving some $30 billion.
CFE through one contract receives 1.5 billion cubic feet per day of natural gas, some of which is not needed and resold "routinely causing enormous losses" to the Mexican company. A related, long-term pipeline contract was unneeded and designed to help WhiteWater obtain outside financing, the lawsuit alleged.
"While this lawsuit is not directed at WhiteWater, it is clearly part of an ongoing intimidation campaign from a Mexican state-owned enterprise in response to arbitration proceedings initiated by WhiteWater," the Texas company said in a statement. "CFE's meritless claims regarding WhiteWater follow explicit threats made by CFE officials to renegotiate the terms of legitimate, market-based contracts," it added.Reporting by Gary McWilliams; editing by Jonathan Oatis, Diane Craft and Gerry Doyle
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