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planeta · Posted: Mon May 15, 2006 1:37 pm Post subject: US-Mexico Border Energy

This topic will review news related to US-Mexico Border Energy issues

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SollSussman

US-MEXICO BORDER ENERGY FORUM XIII
Tampico, Tamaulipas
October 19-20, 2006 - 19-20 de octubre de 2006

http://www.glo.state.tx.us/energy/border/forum/

Watch the Web site for additional updates and details.
Visite el sitio en Internet para actualizaciones y detalles adicionales.

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Soll Sussman
Coordinator, Border Energy Forum
Texas General Land Office
PO Box 12873
Austin, TX 78711-2873

tel. 512/463-5039
fax 512/475-1404

planeta · Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:24 pm Post subject: Results?

What were the results of the October border energy forum? Any news to report? Plans for 2007?

SollSussman

Presentations from Border Energy Forum XIII will be posted on the Web site shortly.

In Tampico, the dates and site for next year's Forum were announced:

Border Energy Forum XIV
San Diego, California
October 18-19, 2007

www.glo.state.tx.us/energy/border

http://www.glo.state.tx.us/news/docs/2006-Releases/2006-Border-Energy-Forum.pdf

SollSussman · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 9:35 am Post subject: Guide to Electric Power in Mexico

A highlight of the Border Energy Forum was the premiere of a new guide to electric power in Mexico, prepared by the Center for Energy Economics at the University of Texas.

Information about the guide is available on the Center's Web site, and it can be downloaded in English and in Spanish:

http://www.beg.utexas.edu/energyecon

planeta · Posted: Sun Jul 01, 2007 5:25 am Post subject: LA Times

Sempra in Mexico wind-power deal - LA Times
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-briefs30.7jun30,1,5380811.story

planeta · Posted: Tue Aug 28, 2007 9:24 am Post subject: Forum #14

Details about the 2007 forum are online
http://www.glo.state.tx.us/energy/border/forum/14/index.html

Agenda
http://www.glo.state.tx.us/energy/border/forum/14/pdf/Agenda.pdf

San Diego, California
October 18-19, 2007

planeta · Posted: Tue Nov 13, 2007 11:13 am Post subject: Questions about the event

Questions - Did anyone attend the border energy forum in San Diego?

Are reports online? Any podcasts or flickr galleries? Any new developments to keep an eye on in 2008?

SollSussman

More than 200 people turned out for Border Energy Forum XIV on October 18 and 19, 2007, in San Diego.
The focus was on renewable energy potential in the Southwest United States and Northern Mexico.

Other key issues on this year’s agenda included the future of energy policy; water and energy efficiency; border energy infrastructure; transportation fuels; financing energy projects; energy production and the environment; and natural gas production and markets.

The Border Energy Forum brings together leaders from industry, government, educational institutions, and environmental organizations to develop cutting edge strategies well grounded in economic reality. It has gained a strong reputation as a neutral ground to discuss energy-related challenges common to both sides of the border.

Presentations will be posted on the Border Energy Forum Web site at:

www.borderenergyforum.org

SollSussman

The quinceañera of the Border Energy Forum is scheduled for October 23-24, 2008, in Monterrey, Nuevo León.

Information and updates will be posted on the Border Energy Forum's Web site at www.borderenergyforum.org

The Forum alternates each year between cites in northern Mexico and the American Southwest. It has now been held in nine of the 10 U.S. and Mexican border states since the first conference took place in El Paso, Texas, in 1994.

SollSussman

Many of the PowerPoints from Border Energy Forum XIV in San Diego have now been Web posted.

They are available at:

http://www.glo.state.tx.us/energy/border/forum/14/reports_presentations.htm

Soll Sussman
Coordinator, Border Energy Forum
soll.sussman@glo.state.tx.us

SollSussman

The registration Web site for this year's Border Energy Forum has opened:

US-MEXICO BORDER ENERGY FORUM XV
Monterrey, Nuevo León
October 23-24, 2008 - 23-24 de octubre de 2008

http://www.glo.state.tx.us/energy/border/forum/15/index.html

planeta · Posted: Wed Jul 30, 2008 7:25 pm Post subject: Technical question

Soll, a question - how is the energy forum powered? Would you be able to find out the energy sources used for the actual conference?

SollSussman · Posted: Sat Aug 02, 2008 4:25 am Post subject: Powering the Forum

The Border Energy Forum is a relatively small conference, located at a hotel each year. This year's site in Monterrey will be the Crowne Plaza, which gets it power from the Comision Federal de Electricidad.

To the best of my knowledge, the CFE doesn't rely on any renewable power for its fuel mix in northeastern Mexico.

In the past, we have asked host hotels to consider energy efficiency measures - and worked with the Camino Real hotel in Saltillo to carry out a fullfledged energy audit (Forum IX six years ago.)

planeta · Posted: Thu Oct 02, 2008 5:54 am Post subject: audits and awards

Thanks for the background. Let us know if you conduct an audit for this year's event or how audits could be implemented in the future. Personally, I'd like to see some sort of competition that would encourage the conference center venues and the cities themselves.

On a sidenote, I'll be updating the Planeta.com guide to Monterrey -- http://www.planeta.com/ecotravel/mexico/nuevoleon/monterrey.html -- and if you have any editorial suggestions, please send them via email.