Inter-American Dialogue | Energy Policy

OVERVIEW

The Dialogue established its Energy Policy Group in September 2009 with the support and cooperation of the Inter-American Development Bank. Led by Dialogue senior fellow Genaro Arriagada, a distinguished Chilean analyst and former minister of state, the Energy Policy Group consists of a professionally and politically diverse group of some 20 energy analysts, corporate leaders, and policymakers.

Energy Policy Group participants meet two or three times a year to discuss Latin America’s most important energy policy issues and choices. Activities are directed to informing and shaping national and regional policy debates on the energy challenges confronting the countries of Latin America, improving the quality of attention to those challenges, and encouraging multilateral cooperation to address them.

For more information, please contact Kim Covington at kcovington@thedialogue.org or (202) 463-2560.

EVENTS | PUBLICATIONS | PRESS COVERAGE

EVENTS

2012	Sixth Meeting	Washington DC (IAD)	Feb. 27	Agenda	Participant's List Report Background
2011	Central America – the Politics of Electric Integration	Washington DC (IAD)	October 28		Summary and Webcast
	Challenges and Opportunities in Central America	San Salvador, El Salvador	May 14	Agenda	Participant's List Report Background
	Latin America's Energy Future	Miami, Florida (FIU)	May 5-6	Agenda	Participant's List Report
2010	Energy Issues and Choices in Latin America	Washington, DC (IDB)	November 8	Agenda	Report
	Second Meeting	Washington, DC (IAD)	June 28	Agenda	Report
	First Meeting	Washington, DC (IAD)	March 25	Agenda	Report

PUBLICATIONS

The Energy Policy Group has published five working papers to promote a broad discussion of Latin America's critical energy policy and politics issues. A compilation of articles commissioned by the Energy Policy Group was published in the Florida International University annual Hemisphere Journal. The journal featured contributions from non-resident senior fellow Genaro Arriagada, visiting fellow Paul Isbell and former staff member Chris Cote.

"Energy Challenges in the Americas," Hemisphere Journal (Volume 20: Spring 2011), with contributions from the Inter-American Dialogue Energy Policy Group.
"¿Qué supone el cambio climático para América Latina?" by Paul Isbell, Infolatam, February 28, 2011.
“Energy Policy in Latin America: The Critical Issues and Choices,” by Genaro Arriagada.
"Latin America's Nuclear Future," by Jorge Zanelli.
“Energy Conflicts: A Growing Concern in Latin America,” by Patricia I. Vásquez.
“Challenges of Designing an Optimal Petroleum Fiscal Model in Latin America,” by Roger Tissot.
“Petrobras,” by Genaro Arriagada with Chris Cote.

PRESS COVERAGE

"Are Conflicts Hampering Peru's Energy and Mining Sector?" Latin America Advisor, May 23, 2011.
VIDEO: El impacto de la inestabilidad árabe en los precios del petróleo en América Latina, Interview with Paul Isbell, Foro Interamericano, February 25, 2011.