Mexico’s Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) is set to start producing electricity in early December at its long delayed 642 MW Huexca combined-cycle thermal power plant in the central state of Morelos.

Huexa plant

The completed plant in Morelos state has been stalled because of local protests and objections over the natural gas-fired power plant and neighboring infrastructure.

On Monday, CFE workers began completing the final section of an aqueduct connecting to a nearby water treatment facility, which would provide treated wastewater to the power plant. Once this is done, CFE plans to begin pre-operative testing.

CFE has already invested 25 billion pesos, or about $1.25 billion, in the plant and adjoining infrastructure. The controversial project has been seen as a priority for...