Security and Assurance of the North American Energy System Day 1

Описание: The Canada Institute of the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, the Canadian Centre for Energy Information, and The Energy Council co-hosted the sixth Cross-Border Forum on Energy Issues in conjunction with Global Public Affairs and the Canadian Embassy on October 12 and 13, 2006 in Washington, D.C. The program, "Security and Assurance of the North American Energy System," considered efforts to assuring the capacity to withstand disruptions to our shared energy system, as well as public-private coordination and cooperation in the effort. The forum also received support from TransCanada and British Columbia Transmission Company.

The forum provided an opportunity for more than 50 high-level Canadian and U.S. government officials, industry representatives, and energy experts to continue an ongoing dialogue on cross-border energy cooperation. The two-day event was held at the Wilson Center with two panels of presentations followed by a closed-door roundtable discussion. Each panel continued with a 90-minute closed-door discussion of the issues mentioned below. Representatives of government, industry, and regulatory agencies discussed policy issues, the roles of the public and private sectors in assurance of infrastructure, areas for improvement, and the many approaches to ensuring the reliability of North American energy supply. The forum also included a reception at the Canadian Embassy on the evening of October 12, a networking breakfast for participants on October 13, and a luncheon program later that day sponsored by the Canadian Embassy, where The Hon. Dave MacKenzie, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Public Safety, delivered the keynote address.