The document discusses cross-border electricity interconnections and regional renewable energy markets between the US and Mexico. It summarizes the US-Mexico Bilateral Framework on Clean Energy and Climate Change which aims to promote renewable energy development and increase electricity grid reliability between the two countries. It also discusses the Western Electricity Coordinating Council (WECC) which coordinates bulk electric system reliability in western states and northern Mexico. Finally, it outlines Mexico's CFE International Interconnections and new generation requirements between 2011-2025 as well as plans for an asynchronous interconnection between Baja California and Mexico that will come online in 2014.

1. Cross-border Interconnections
and Regional Renewable
Energy Markets
Infrastructure Perspectives
El Paso, Texas October 27-28,
2011

2. U.S.-Mexico Bilateral Framework on Clean
Energy and Climate Change
• Announced by Presidents Obama and Calderon in April
2009 to promote the development of renewable energy,
energy efficiency and green jobs, sustainable forestry
and land use, low carbon energy technology
development and capacity building
• It also aims to increase electricity grid reliability and
resiliency in both countries, including cross-border
interconnections.
• Selected outcomes of the second annual meeting
(2011):
• Cooperation on wind energy, including the Memorandum of
Understanding between DOE’s National Renewable Energy
Laboratory (NREL) and Mexico’s Electricity Research
Institute (IIE);
• Advancement in the promotion of regional renewable
energy markets between our two countries through the
Cross-Border Electricity Task Force;
• Analysis of electricity system maturity and identification of
strategies to implement Smart Grid technologies;
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3. Western Electricity Coordinating Council
Regional entity responsible for coordinating
and promoting bulk electric system
reliability. Provides an environment for
coordinating the operating and planning
activities of its members, including these
border states:
• California
• Arizona
• New Mexico
• Texas (partial)
• Baja California (partial)
There is a need to increase the control of
power flow in the Baja region. This will
enable a cross border renewable energy
market while improving the reliability of the
overall CFE and WECC systems, thereby
enabling more efficient and effective control
and improved operational flexibility to the
CFE grid, and increasing the efficiency of
the new and existing transmission lines.
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4. CFE International Interconnections
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Source: SENER - Prospectiva del Sector Eléctrico, 2010-

5. New Generation Requirements 2011-2025
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Source: CFE – POISE 2011-2025

6. Baja California Interconnection
• Given the load profile diversity
between the BC control area, the rest
of the national system and WECC,
energy exchange will allow to share
generation resources and reduce
overall costs
• Will open new opportunities to
exchange energy with Western USA
utilities, including the renewable
potental of 1400 MW in BC in wind
generation
• Will allow for better management of
international exchanges, avoiding
rollout outages
• An asynchronous interconnection is
scheduled to come online in 2014 with
a first phase of 300MW
SENER - Prospectiva del Sector Eléctrico, 2010-2025
CFE – Programa de Obras e Inversiones del Sector Eléctrico
2011-2025
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