MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexico temporarily suspended an offer to provide electricity to Texas to help recover from an ice storm.

Mexico's Federal Electricity Commission had said Wednesday it had agreed to transmit 280 megawatts of electricity to Texas.

But yesterday the commission said it was temporarily suspending the transfer because below-freezing temperatures in northern Mexico have caused some damage to the generating capacity of its own plants.

The commission also said Mexico needed to ensure there was enough electricity to meet domestic demand, in the face of a severe cold snap that dumped snow on the border city of Ciudad Juarez, across from El Paso, Texas.

(Copyright ©2011 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)