In a February talk hosted by the MIT Energy Initiative, Lourdes Melgar, the Robert Wilhelm Fellow at the Center of International Studies at MIT, outlined the historic energy reform Mexico approved at the constitutional level in December 2013 and provided an update on the implementation and challenges ahead. This reform, referred to as an energy revolution, aims at increasing Mexico’s energy security while mitigating climate change. It entails the creation of energy markets in the hydrocarbons and power sectors and the participation of private investors in all the activities of the energy sector. The implementation is moving ahead with bidding processes in the upstream, as well as in the power sector. Melgar also addressed the challenges Mexico faces as it consolidates its new energy model.
This talk was presented on February 14, 2017.
About the speaker:
Lourdes Melgar is currently the Robert Wilhelm Fellow at the Center of International Studies at MIT. From December 2012 to February 2014, she served as Mexico’s under-secretary of electricity and from February 2014 to July 2016, she was Mexico’s deputy secretary of energy for hydrocarbons. She was a key player in the design and implementation of Mexico’s energy reform. She is a national researcher of the Mexican Science and Technology Council (CONACYT).
Post time: Apr-23-2017