2. 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

3. OVERVIEW Background/Context Connectedness Commonality Ideal Policy
Opportunities

4. BACKGROUND La Paz Agreement NAFTA and Side Agreements
Security and Prosperity Partnership

5. CONNECTEDNESS
QoL
AIR
QUALITY
ENERGY
ECONOMY
WATER

6. 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

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. COMMON ENERGY SOURCES Ultra-low sulfur fuel refinery Ethanol plants
Four LNG ports
“Electricity maquiladoras”
“Basin drainage”
Renewable energy clusters

10. 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

11. IDEAL ENERGY POLICY
Only allow energy from sources that are cleaner/greener than the ones they replace to cross the border

12. HOW?: TRADING Emission Reduction Credits Renewable Portfolio Standards
Carbon and GHGs (i.e. Landfill methane)
Information (TEIA)

13. LAST THOUGHT
Our collective binational security can be enhanced by continued integration of the energy system and greater harmonization of operations.

14. CONTACT INFO
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