2019 US Mexico Agenda

Discussing CPS Energy’s strategy towards assuring sufficient natural gas supply for our power generation and distribution system and the integration of new technologies to meet the needs of our community.

Join us as noted academic experts share their nuanced perspectives on how trade, economics and US-Mexico relations could affect gas trade and demand in coming years.

1. How have your predictions on Mexican energy policy under the new administration panned out since last November?
2. The new administration has been clear in its focus on strengthening Pemex. Can Pemex fulfill the new administration’s designs for it?
a. Can Pemex be the future of Mexican energy? If so, how does it increase production?
b. What could the consequences be of starving other areas of the federal budget to boost Pemex?
3. What has the role of labor in the new energy landscape been and how could it evolve?
4. Could you discuss clientelism in the energy sector and talk about how it has or could affect the regulatory framework?
5. How politically feasible will the administration’s plans be in the coming years with mid-term elections coming in 2021? How do you see the president’s new Morena party evolving in its approach to energy policy in coming years?
6. How do you see the ratification of the USMCA playing out in coming months? How could that affect energy trade between the US and Mexico?
7. Given the new landscape in Mexico under the new administration, can it still be a natural market for Texas gas?
8. Could new pipeline transport infrastructure be developed in Mexico under the new administration?