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BINATIONAL ENERGY SECURITY
• D. Rick Van Schoik, Managing Director
• Southwest Consortium for Environmental
Research and Policy (SCERP)
• Council of State Governments WEST
• Phoenix, AZ – December 8, 2006
OVERVIEW
• Background/Context
• Connectedness
• Commonality
• Ideal Policy
• Opportunities
BACKGROUND
• La Paz Agreement
• NAFTA and Side Agreements
• Security and Prosperity Partnership
CONNECTEDNESS
QoL
AIR
QUALITY
ENERGY
WATER
ECONOMY
CONNECTEDNESS
Energy, as the “Master Resource” is
the basis of the economy,
origin of most quality of life,
source of air and water pollution,
cause of global climate shift, and
primary security concern
WATERGY
The emerging reality is we cannot talk about
energy or water without talking about the
other. One of every 7 watts is consumed
moving, treating, heating, disposing of
water and most energy generation uses or
consumes water.
COMMON ENERGY SECURITY
The binational region:
shares sources, sinks, services, and markets,
has exchanged fuels, electricity, and pollutants
for a generation and
greater integration is planned, proposed and
permitted.
COMMON ENERGY SOURCES
• Ultra-low sulfur fuel refinery
• Ethanol plants
• Four LNG ports
• “Electricity maquiladoras”
• “Basin drainage”
• Renewable energy clusters
CARBON AND GREENHOUSE
GAS FLOWS
As the region, and especially the US side,
imports fuels, it is responsible for greater
carbon and greenhouse gas (GHG)
generation without ability to capture,
sequester, or store it
IDEAL ENERGY POLICY
Only allow energy from sources that are
cleaner/greener than the ones they
replace to cross the border
HOW?: TRADING
• Emission Reduction Credits
• Renewable Portfolio Standards
• Carbon and GHGs (i.e. Landfill methane)
• Information (TEIA)
LAST THOUGHT
Our collective binational security can be
enhanced by continued integration of the
energy system and greater harmonization
of operations.
CONTACT INFO
• www.scerp.org
• [email protected]
• (619) 594-0568