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Solar Energy Lease Agreement Mexico (Arrendamiento para Energía Solar)

Solar Energy Lease Agreement Mexico (Arrendamiento para Energía Solar)

CONTRATO DE ARRENDAMIENTO PARA PROYECTO DE ENERGÍA SOLAR FOTOVOLTAICA

Ley de Transición Energética Artículo 3 — Código Civil Federal Artículo 2398

Ley de la Industria Eléctrica — Regulación CRE

I. PARTES

ARRENDADOR (PROPIETARIO DEL PREDIO):

Nombre / Denominación: [Landlord Name]

RFC: [Landlord RFC]

Domicilio: [Landlord Address]

Tipo de Título: [Land Title Type]

ARRENDATARIO (DESARROLLADOR SOLAR):

Nombre / Denominación: [Developer Name]

RFC: [Developer RFC]

Domicilio: [Developer Address]

Permiso CRE: [CRE Permit]

II. PREDIO Y ÁREA DEL PROYECTO SOLAR

Descripción Jurídica del Predio: [Property Description]

Área Destinada al Proyecto Solar: [Project Area]

Capacidad Instalada Estimada: [Installed Capacity]

El desarrollador declara que ha identificado el predio descrito como idóneo para el desarrollo de un proyecto de generación de energía solar fotovoltaica en términos de la Ley de Transición Energética (Artículo 3) y la Ley de la Industria Eléctrica, y que procederá a obtener todos los permisos y autorizaciones requeridos bajo la responsabilidad exclusiva del desarrollador.

III. PLAZO Y RENTAS

Plazo Total del Arrendamiento: [Total Term]

Fecha de Inicio del Período de Desarrollo: [Lease Start Date]

Renta Durante el Período de Desarrollo: [Development Payment]

Renta Durante el Período de Operación: [Operation Payment]

Moneda y Periodicidad: [Payment Currency]

El arrendamiento se estructura en tres etapas: (1) Período de Desarrollo y Construcción — desde la Fecha de Inicio hasta la Fecha de Inicio de Operación Comercial (COD), máximo 2 años; (2) Período de Operación — desde el COD hasta el vencimiento del plazo total; (3) Período de Desmantelamiento — los 12 meses siguientes al vencimiento. El Arrendamiento excede de 6 años y requiere formalización ante Notario Público e inscripción en el Registro Público de la Propiedad conforme al Artículo 2398 CCF.

IV. OBLIGACIONES REGULATORIAS Y AMBIENTALES DEL DESARROLLADOR

[Regulatory Obligation]

El desarrollador indemnizará al arrendador por cualquier daño, responsabilidad o multa derivados del incumplimiento de obligaciones regulatorias o ambientales del proyecto solar.

V. SERVIDUMBRES ACCESORIAS

[Easements]

VI. DESMANTELAMIENTO Y RESTAURACIÓN DEL SITIO

[Decommissioning]

VII. LEY APLICABLE Y JURISDICCIÓN

El presente contrato se rige por el Código Civil Federal (Artículos 2398 y siguientes), la Ley de Transición Energética (Artículo 3), la Ley de la Industria Eléctrica, las resoluciones de la Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE), la Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente (LGEEPA), y la Ley Agraria (en su caso). Las controversias se someten a los Tribunales competentes del lugar de ubicación del predio, con jurisdicción federal para las cuestiones regulatorias ante los Juzgados de Distrito.

FIRMAS

En [Contract City], a [Contract Date].

EL ARRENDADOR (PROPIETARIO):

[Landlord Name]

Firma: _________________________ RFC: [Landlord RFC]

EL ARRENDATARIO (DESARROLLADOR SOLAR):

[Developer Name]

Firma: _________________________ RFC: [Developer RFC]

TESTIGO 1: _________________________ Firma: _________________________

TESTIGO 2: _________________________ Firma: _________________________

Landowner (Arrendador)

________________

Signature

Solar Developer (Arrendatario — Desarrollador)

________________

Signature

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What Is a Solar Energy Lease Agreement Mexico (Arrendamiento para Energía Solar)?

A Solar Energy Lease Agreement Mexico (Arrendamiento para Energía Solar) is a specialized land use contract under which a landowner (arrendador) grants a solar energy developer (arrendatario) the right to install, operate, maintain, and eventually decommission photovoltaic solar panels and associated electrical infrastructure on designated land areas for a fixed lease term, in exchange for periodic lease payments — structured under the civil lease framework of CCF Article 2398 and the clean energy sectoral framework established by the Ley de Transición Energética (LTE) Article 3, which defines distributed and utility-scale solar generation as priority clean energy activities entitled to regulatory facilitation and incentives under Mexico's energy transition policy.

Mexico's legal framework for solar energy developed substantially between 2013 and 2021. The Reforma Energética of 2013 — implemented through constitutional amendments to Articles 25, 27, and 28 of the Constitución Política and enabling legislation including the Ley de la Industria Eléctrica (LIE) published in the Diario Oficial de la Federación on 11 August 2014 and the LTE published on 24 December 2015 — opened electricity generation to private investment, creating competitive electricity markets and clean energy certificate (CEL — Certificado de Energía Limpia) mechanisms. The Comisión Reguladora de Energía (CRE), under the Secretaría de Energía (SENER), grants generation permits (permisos de generación) and oversees interconnection of private generators with the national grid (Sistema Eléctrico Nacional, SEN) operated by the Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE) and the Centro Nacional de Control de Energía (CENACE). Subsequent administrative actions taken post-2021 modified some market access rules, but the fundamental statutory framework of the LTE and the LIE remained operative for existing permit holders and new distributed generation projects below 0.5 MW capacity under the Distributed Generation Model (Generación Distribuida) regulated by CRE Resolution RES/154/2018 and its amendments.

Solar energy lease agreements in Mexico serve both utility-scale generation (proyectos a gran escala), typically involving large land areas of tens to hundreds of hectares for solar farms (parques solares) supplying electricity to the national grid or to large industrial consumers (usuarios calificados), and distributed generation projects (proyectos de generación distribuida) for rooftop or ground-mount systems below 0.5 MW capacity serving the property owner's consumption with net metering (medición neta) arrangements under CFE's applicable tariffs.

The CCF Article 2398 civil lease framework provides the baseline for the land use relationship — the landowner's rights and obligations as lessor, the developer's rights and obligations as lessee, term, rental payment, and termination — while the sectoral energy law framework (LTE Article 3, LIE, CRE regulations) governs the technical and regulatory aspects of the solar installation, generation permit requirements, grid interconnection standards (Normas Técnicas de Interconexión NTI-CRE), and environmental compliance under the Ley General del Equilibrio Ecológico y la Protección al Ambiente (LGEEPA) and the Ley de Transición Energética's environmental provisions.

Notarial execution before a Notario Público is typically required for solar energy lease agreements involving real property under CCF Article 2317 when the lease term exceeds six years (arrendamientos mayores de seis años) — making notarial form the standard for commercial solar leases that run twenty-five to thirty years to match the economic life of photovoltaic installations and the CRE's generation permit terms. Registration in the Registro Público de la Propiedad (RPP) ensures the lease binds successor owners of the land throughout the project's operational life, protecting the developer's investment and the lender's security position.

When Do You Need a Solar Energy Lease Agreement Mexico (Arrendamiento para Energía Solar)?

A Solar Energy Lease Agreement Mexico under the LTE Article 3 and CCF Article 2398 is required in specific clean energy development scenarios affecting real property in Mexico.

The agreement is needed when a solar energy developer, independent power producer (generador independiente de energía), or electricity supply company (comercializadora de energía eléctrica) authorized by the CRE identifies agricultural land, industrial rooftops, or commercial property suitable for solar photovoltaic installation and needs to formalize long-term land rights with the property owner. Solar developers require secured, long-term land tenure because photovoltaic project financing institutions — development banks such as NAFIN (Nacional Financiera), BANCOMEXT, or international multilateral banks such as the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) — require evidence of secured land rights for twenty to thirty years as a condition of project finance disbursement.

The document is required for projects seeking a CRE generation permit (permiso de generación de energía eléctrica) under the Ley de la Industria Eléctrica — the CRE requires applicants to demonstrate land control (control del sitio) through ownership, long-term lease, or usufruct agreements covering the project footprint as part of the permit application (solicitud de permiso). Without a signed solar lease covering the project area, the CRE will not grant the generation permit required for electricity sales to the national grid or to qualified users (usuarios calificados).

For distributed generation projects below 0.5 MW connecting to CFE's distribution network under the net metering (medición neta) or net billing (facturación neta) schemes, the agreement is needed when the system is installed on property that the system beneficiary does not own — such as an industrial tenant installing solar panels on a leased facility or a solar service company installing panels on a residential or commercial rooftop and sharing the generated electricity with the property owner under a power purchase agreement (PPA) ancillary to the solar lease.

The solar lease is also required for community solar projects (proyectos de generación solar comunitaria) where multiple landowners in an ejido (communal agricultural land governed by the Ley Agraria) or private agricultural land area participate collectively in a solar farm by leasing portions of their land to the developer. Ejido land solar leases require additional authorization from the ejido's Asamblea Ejidal under the Ley Agraria Article 75 and may require authorization from the Registro Agrario Nacional (RAN) depending on the nature of the rights being granted.

For real property within federal zones (zonas federales) adjacent to beaches, rivers, or federal roads, solar leases require authorization from the Secretaría de Medio Ambiente y Recursos Naturales (SEMARNAT) for environmental impact assessment (evaluación de impacto ambiental, EIA) under LGEEPA Article 28 and possibly from the Secretaría de Infraestructura, Comunicaciones y Transportes (SICT) for access rights, supplementing the private lease agreement registered in the RPP.

What to Include in Your Solar Energy Lease Agreement Mexico (Arrendamiento para Energía Solar)

A complete Solar Energy Lease Agreement Mexico under LTE Article 3, CCF Article 2398, and applicable CRE regulations must contain the following elements for regulatory compliance, project finance, and long-term enforceability.

Identification of the Arrendador (Landowner) and Arrendatario (Solar Developer): Full legal names, RFC (Registro Federal de Contribuyentes), CURP (individuals) or corporate registration number (legal entities), domicile, and authorized representative details of both parties. The arrendador must demonstrate legal title or legal right to lease the property — attach the Escritura Pública of ownership registered in the Registro Público de la Propiedad (RPP), ejido certificate (certificado de derechos ejidales), or other applicable title document. The arrendatario (solar developer) should reference its CRE permit application number or existing CRE permit folio if a generation permit has already been granted by the Comisión Reguladora de Energía.

Property Description and Designated Project Area (Descripción del Inmueble y Área del Proyecto): Full legal description of the property including folio real in the RPP, cadastral key (clave catastral), total surface area, and GPS coordinates of the designated project area (área del proyecto solar) within the larger property. A site plan (plano de ubicación) showing the specific panels footprint, equipment installation areas, access roads, and any excluded areas must be attached. The agreement should address the landowner's retained rights to use the non-project areas of the property for agriculture or other compatible activities.

Lease Term and Commencement (Plazo y Fecha de Inicio): The total lease term — typically twenty-five to thirty years for utility-scale solar, matching photovoltaic panel life and CRE permit terms — divided into development period (período de desarrollo), operations period (período de operación), and decommissioning period (período de desmantelamiento). Under CCF Article 2398, leases exceeding six years require notarial form before a Notario Público and registration in the RPP. The agreement must specify conditions precedent to commencement: CRE permit grant, CFE interconnection agreement execution, SEMARNAT environmental impact authorization, and construction financing closing.

Lease Payments (Rentas de Arrendamiento): Payment structure including periodic rent calculated per MW of installed capacity or per hectare, adjusted annually by the Índice Nacional de Precios al Consumidor (INPC) published by INEGI; IVA treatment at 16% applicable on lease payments under the Ley del Impuesto al Valor Agregado (LIVA) Article 1; bank account CLABE for payment; and any production bonus tied to actual energy generation. The payment schedule, currency (MXN or USD with applicable Banco de México exchange rate provisions), and SAT fiscal receipt (CFDI) requirements must be specified.

Regulatory and Permits Obligations (Obligaciones Regulatorias): The developer's obligation to obtain and maintain all required government authorizations: CRE generation permit under the LIE; CFE interconnection agreement (contrato de interconexión CFE) for connection to the SEN; SEMARNAT environmental impact authorization (MIA — Manifestación de Impacto Ambiental) under LGEEPA Article 28; Cambio de Uso de Suelo authorization from SEMARNAT for agricultural land conversion under LGEEPA Article 28 fraction IV; municipal construction permits (licencias de construcción) for installation works; and SENER clean energy certificate (CEL) registration for projects above 1 MW under LIE Article 126.

Accessory Easements (Servidumbres Accesorias): Rights-of-way (servidumbres de paso) for access roads, transmission lines (líneas de transmisión) connecting the solar facility to the CFE interconnection point, and underground cable conduits crossing adjacent parcels — created as servidumbres convencionales under CCF Articles 1057 through 1116 and registered in the RPP to bind future owners.

Decommissioning and Site Restoration (Desmantelamiento y Restauración): The developer's obligation to remove all solar panels, mounting structures, underground cables, and equipment at the end of the lease term and restore the site to its pre-project condition, supported by a decommissioning bond (fianza de desmantelamiento) from a CNSF-licensed surety company.

Forms-legal.com provides this Solar Energy Lease Agreement Mexico template as a starting reference. Solar energy projects in Mexico require specialized energy law, environmental law, and land tenure legal advice — developers and landowners should engage abogados especializados en derecho energético and consultores ambientales authorized by SEMARNAT before executing this agreement.

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