Editor’s Note: NGI’s Mexico Gas Price Index, a leader tracking Mexico natural gas market reform, is offering the following column by Eduardo Prud’homme as part of a regular series on understanding this process.

The recent publication of Mexico’s “Prospectivas” report by the energy ministry Sener is a significant event for stakeholders in the natural gas industry, and comes in the final months of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s (AMLO) administration. This timely update introduces expectations that contrast significantly with earlier versions, reflecting the current administration’s unique energy policies and economic priorities.

The “Natural Gas Prospectiva” gauges expected economic growth and natural gas and electricity consumption through to 2037. For industry...