Mexico has become the top destination of US petroleum products, diesel in particular, according to a recent EIA report. In addition, Mexico plans to ramp up its natural gas imports from the United States to help fuel a transition away from oil-fired electricity generation.
With Mexico continually becoming a bigger part of the US energy equation, coordination among North American energy sectors has become an increasingly prominent issue. RFF’s Alan Krupnick, Daniel Shawhan, and Kristin Hayes highlight recommendations for harmonizing energy policy, pointing to an essential need “to better estimate the benefits and costs of North American energy policy harmonization actions and of potential new transmission and pipeline links."
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