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Mexico remains the most attractive country for electric power investments in Latin America, despite uncertainty surrounding the policies of new President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, according to a BNamericas survey.
More than 31% of respondents rated Mexico the best regional market to do business as the country topped the list for the second straight year.
Chile was second with 22.9% of responses, followed by Colombia (16.9%), Brazil (9.4%), Argentina (7.2%) and Peru (4.8%).
Mexico was also considered the country where electricity demand will grow most in the next five years, garnering 60% of respondents' choices.
The results show that investor sentiment has not been significantly dampened by a possible shift in Mexican public policy.
López Obrador secured a landslide election victory last July after vowing to review key elements of the country's 2013 energy reform that opened up the sector to private investment for the first time.
Among his first moves was to suspend the country's fourth long-term power auction and shelve plans for a tender that sought improvements to the national grid.
Meanwhile, excessive regulation and bureaucracy was considered the biggest obstacle to developing power projects in Latin America, followed by a lack of government planning and public opposition.
The survey, which was conducted in December, included executives representing generation, transmission and distribution companies as well as equipment and service providers.
A full analysis of the survey results can be seen here.
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