Organized by North American Forum on Integration (NAFI) Escuela de Graduados en Administracin Pblica y Poltica Pblica del Tecnolgico de Monterrey

(EGAP) Mexican Council on Foreign Relations (COMEXI)

Abstracts
THE GREENING OF NORTH AMERICAN ENERGY April 1st, 2004 Room Continental - 3:00 to 4:30 p.m.
Filling the gap: is it possible to reduce consumption rather than to increase production? Are renewables both an environmental and economic opportunity? Should North American partners adopt a trilateral strategy and shared norms in regard to green energy? What place should green energies occupy in a strategy for increasing energy security? What are the most efficient strategies for promoting the use of green energy?

CHAIR

Flory A. DIECK ASSAD

Professor and researcher in energy, ITESM
Flory Anette Dieck Assad is a chartered accountant, qualified at the ITESM. She holds Masters degrees in Administration and Finance from EGADE at ITESM in addition to a Masters degree in Management and a Ph.D. in Finance from Tulane University (USA). Among her university publications are Energa, Capital y Tecnologa en Mxico (1965-2000) and Construccin del Modelo Matemtico para Oferta de Petrleo y Gas Natural en Mxico (1965-2000). Soon to be published are a book and three articles on energy issues. McGraw-Hill has published her book Financial Institutions, the entire proceeds of which were donated to EFFETA, an organization that promotes education for children suffering from Downs syndrome.

SPEAKERS

Peter DICKEY
Associate, International Institute for Sustainable Development
Peter Dickey is the President of P.S. Dickey Consultants Ltd., established in 1994. Dickey graduated from Queens University in 1966 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. From 1966 to 1994, Dickey worked for Shell Canada in a number of engineering positions involving refinery and oilsands facilities design, operations and maintenance. He also coordinated the companys energy conservation efforts in the mid 70s. Between 1982 and 1994, he was corporate manager of Safety and Environment. He has had significant involvement in the development of domestic and international offsets, emission trading and JI/CDM. He has been an associate of the IISD for the last five years.

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ABSTRACT The IISD presentation will address two key topics, oil sands developments and establishing markets for renewable energy generation. Canada is one of the largest exporters of oil to the US, conventional oil production is in decline and the Alberta oil sands is reported to have established reserves of 177 billion barrels, one of the largest established reserves of oil in the world. Canadian exports of oil to the US, the increasing role of the Alberta oil sands in exports, the challenges associated with developing the oil sands and the greening opportunities through examples of sustainable development in action will be addressed. Alberta's experience with developing markets for electricity generated from renewable sources from 1988 to the present and the impacts of voluntary actions, incentives and regulatory initiatives will be reviewed.

Kateri CALLAHAN
President, Alliance to Save Energy
Kateri Callahan, president of the Alliance to Save Energy since January 2004, brings 20 years of experience in policy advocacy, fundraising, coalition-building, and organizational management. Callahan leads a staff of more than 50 and oversees an annual $8 million budget supporting energy efficiency programs and projects in the U.S. and on five continents. Before joining the Alliance, Callahan served for 11 years as president of the Electric Drive Transportation Association (EDTA), a Washington-based international coalition promoting development and deployment of battery, hybrid, and fuel cell electric vehicles. Callahan has a B.A. in Political Science from the University of Louisville.

ABSTRACT Energy Efficiency in the U.S.: Our Greatest Energy Resource Energy efficiency has proven over the past thirty years to be the United States quickest, cleanest and cheapest resource for meeting growing energy demand. Energy efficiency and conservation improvements since 1973 reduced US energy use by 40%. Without these savings, the United States (and the worlds) energy security now would be even more tenuous, with more pipelines, more power plants, more reliance on oil from hostile regions, more upward pressure on energy prices, and greater environmental degradation. Ms. Callahans presentation will include a discussion of how the United States, through government policies, technology innovation and market transformation activities has deployed energy efficiency as an effective resource. In the coming decades, the projected growth in energy demand in the U.S. and North America require government and industry to do more to assure that increased growth is met through an effective mix of resources, including reliance on energy efficiency as the cheapest, cleanest and most readily available resource. Battles over land management and pipeline right of ways will increasingly hamper domestic petroleum and gas production in the U.S. And, our ability to continue use of our most plentiful conventional energy source -- coal -- could hinge on finding ways to do so without further greenhouse gas emissions. The notion of electricity too cheap to meter is no longer even uttered; and, the hydrogen economy, by even the most optimistic proponents, is projected to be decades away. The presentation will posit the thesis that the only way forward is an energy policy that places management of energy demand at the forefront. All the tools will be needed, including externality pricing, minimum energy performance standards for buildings and equipment, government-incentives for research and development and purchase of high-efficiency products, and increased consumer awareness and education. Ms. Callahans presentation will include a discussion of measures that are under consideration at the state and federal levels in the U.S. to advance energy efficiency, and also will talk about the strategic alliances that are necessary to achieve a meaningful and sustainable national energy policy in the U.S.

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Raul RODRIGUEZ
Managing Director & Chief Executive Officer, North American Development Bank
Raul Rodriguez has been Executive Director of the Mexican Bank of Foreign Trade; Mexicos Trade Commissioner in Canada; Secretary of Economic Development for the Mexican border state of Tamaulipas; and Professor and Research Fellow at Monterrey Tech. He has participated as a speaker and lecturer in more than 30 countries on business, financial and managerial topics. He is the author and co-author of technical and business publications in Mexico, the U.S. and Canada. He holds a degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from Monterrey Tec (ITESM) and a Masters Degree from Harvard University, where he graduated with the Littauer Fellow Academic Award.

ABSTRACT The tendencies in the last decade in the energy sector provide a useful context for the North American situation, particularly in Mexico. In the petroleum sector, multilateral development finance has been channeled mostly to sector reform and to creating a climate that encourages private investment. Likewise, in the electricity sector, there has been significant private-sector participation in generation and supply. Achieving energy security is an urgent, immediate goal for North America; however it will require significant investment that is likely to take time while an energy sector framework is established that allows for the desired levels of investment. The European Union has developed a strategy for energy security that focuses more broadly than simply increasing production. It emphasizes the need to reduce consumption, to foster energy efficiencies, and to use renewable energy. Developing a similar approach to energy in North America, while at the same time increasing investments in production, would help address the immediate need for a reliable supply of energy. Energy saving projects offer provide several benefits. They reduce the stress on existing systems that are not able to generate sufficient energy; they can increase the competitiveness of a company by reducing energy costs; and they improve the environment by reducing energy consumption. Both public and private entities in Mexico have begun to look for energy savings and alternative energy as a way to control environmental impacts and to improve their bottom line. The North American Development Bank (NADB), created under the auspices of the North American Free Trade Agreement, has a mandate to finance environmental projects, including in clean energy, energy efficiency and renewable energy along the border region of Mexico, an area of high energy consumption because of population concentration, hot climate and a strong industrial base (the maquila industry). NADB can have an important role to play in helping to achieve energy stability in the region.

Forging North American Energy Security