The struggle for light: tc energía changes lives in hidalgo 

空气中飘着爆米花的香味. Smiling, attendees await the start of the projection. 这可能是一个典型的晚上在任何电影院…除了这里，没有墙壁和天花板. 也不是电网. We are in the community of Cieneguilla, in the state of Hidalgo. 在星空之上. 另一边是东方马德雷山脉. 这个电影之夜之所以成为可能，要感谢TC Energía在它所在的社区所发挥的魔力:感谢它捐赠的太阳能电池板, 光今天来到了这个家，这是我们社会影响团队组织的一个项目的一部分. 有了它，还有另一个新奇之处:这是这座房子的主人，Mrs. 路易莎·纳瓦和奥巴马先生. Emiliano Camero, aged 78 and 84 respectively, watch a movie in their own house.

从3月1日到7日, in the municipalities of Cardonal and Tlahuiltepa, 在绅士, TC Energía practiced its policy of being a good neighbor. 因此, 感谢公司的捐赠, 在没有电网的社区安装了27个光伏系统. 在这些之外, 23 autonomous photovoltaic systems were for homes; two more were for community spaces (ejidal offices in Cieneguilla and Coyocala); two, in community clinics (Cieneguilla and Coyocala). In total, 89 people benefited from this program.

"Among the four focus areas we have at TC Energía (education, 安全, 环境, 以及弹性社区), one of the needs we identified in Mexico was access to basic services. 这在美国或加拿大不是一个大问题，但在我们国家却是一个现实. 就这样，, 作为一家能源基础设施公司, 我们问自己:这怎么可能, 在我们所在的社区, there are still houses without access to energy? Last year we did a pilot of this program in a community. 今年将是两个,费尔南达·埃莫西略说, Senior Advisor of the 社会影响 area at TC Energía.

在附近, 谎言媒体Luna, another community without basic services where several families live. “在这里, 有时, one must go far to charge the cell phone: an hour and a half or two hours, 走, 对Aguacatlan, Cieneguilla, 或面对. 我们和熟人一起去，问他们是否可以把灯借给我们给手机充电. 我们问他们说，我们欠你们多少?’ Some are understanding and don’t charge us, but others do ask us for soda money. 这就是我们为光明所奋斗的. Here, one has to struggle,” says Francisco Nixta, a farmer.

This sentiment is shared by the residents of 媒体 Luna we spoke with. 例如, Marisela埃斯皮诺萨, 18岁, says she normally has to do her homework early, 只要有光. 否则，她必须使用蜡烛之前. Now it's a bit better because she has a car battery. With it, she turns on a LED light which gives a modern touch to her room. 这也能帮她给手机充电. 然而, 汽车电池在家里使用效率不高:它们的直流电必须转换成交流电才能连接电器. 此外，由于它不是为持续使用而设计的，它的充电不能持续很长时间. Therefore, Marisela is happy that she will soon have solar panels installed. It will be easier for her to study and do homework. 和 listen to music, one of her great passions. Such are the high expectations when you have nothing.

灯... 行动!

“材料已经到了!先生说。. 第二天，当他看到一辆带有ilumsamuxico标志的卡车驶近他的房子时. Two and a half hours later, the installation team finishes their work. 一个简单灯泡的照明, something we do in Mexico City without realizing its true value, is an unprecedented moment: it's the first in the home of the Camero Nava family. 和, 作为生活变化的示范, this opens the possibility of having a refrigerator, 搅拌机, 或者一台洗衣机. 这些都不存在于这些社区，因为没有办法为他们提供能量……直到现在.

At 6 in the evening, a group of people from nearby houses arrives. 他们来看户外电影. To demonstrate everything that can be connected to the panels, and to add a more festive touch to the occasion, TC Energía团队搭建了一个屏幕，连接了蓝光播放器和投影仪. The place was decorated with a series of outdoor lights. 因此, electricity transformed the location into a movie theater. None of those present had seen an outdoor projection in that community before. Surely, that explains the constant smiles on their faces.