Draft2:Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Energy Working Group
The APEC Energy Working Group (EWG) is composed of policy officials and technical experts from APEC Member Economies who work with experts in other APEC fora, academia, private industry, and regional and international organizations to build the capacity of APEC Member Economies aimed at:
- Strengthening regional and domestic energy security and resilience across the region;
- Lowering the carbon intensity of energy supply and use;
- Promoting the diversification of fuels and sources; and
- Training a gender-inclusive energy workforce.
Work
The EWG’s Work incorporates guidance from APEC Economic Leaders, Ministers and Energy Ministers to form a solid foundation for APEC energy cooperation, including:
- Work towards the APEC aspirational target of reducing aggregate energy intensity by 45 percent from 2005 levels by 2035 through collaboration on analysis of available energy efficient technologies, energy efficiency standard harmonization and peer review on energy efficiency.
- Make further progress toward rationalizing and phasing out inefficient fossil fuel subsidies, whilst providing energy access to those in need
- Work towards improving resiliency of energy infrastructure to natural disasters and climate change within the region through APEC Initiative for Enhancing the Quality of Electric Power Infrastructure and conducting vulnerability assessment on energy infrastructure.
- Support community-based low carbon development in the region through APEC Low-Carbon Model Town Project, APEC Energy Smart Community Initiative Knowledge Sharing Platform, and APEC Cooperation Initiative for Jointly Establishing an Asia-Pacific Urbanization Partnership
- Implement Oil and Gas Security Initiative to address the challenges faced and to improve security exercises, as well as create favorable conditions for trade and investments to support a diversified, flexible, and integrated natural gas market in the APEC region through APEC Regional LNG Trade Facilitation Initiative
- Implement APEC Green Energy Finance Initiative to ensure financial sustainability of green energy development in the region
- Strengthen cross-for a collaboration and public private partnership on APEC energy issues
DOE Point of Contact
Ariadne BenAissa, Deputy Lead Shepherd
Email: ariadne.benaissa@hq.doe.gov
Expert Group on Clean Fossil Energy (EGCFE)
- Chair: Mr. Scott Smouse
- Email: scott.smouse@hq.doe.gov
- Secretariat: Ms. Ayaka Jones
- Email: ayaka.jones@hq.doe.gov
Past
Chair: Phyllis Yoshida, PI, phyllis.yoshida@hq.doe.gov, 202-586-7954
Other:
- Karen Alozie, IA-30, Karen.Alozie@hq.doe.gov, 202-586-1578
- Elena Thomas-Kerr, Elena.Thomas-Kerr@hq.doe.gov
Membership
APEC has 21 members. The word 'economies' is used to describe APEC members because the APEC cooperative process is predominantly concerned with trade and economic issues, with members engaging with one another as economic entities.
- APEC Members Date of Joining
- Australia 6-7 Nov 1989
- Brunei Darussalam 6-7 Nov 1989
- Canada 6-7 Nov 1989
- Chile 11-12 Nov 1994
- People's Republic of China 12-14 Nov 1991
- Hong Kong, China 12-14 Nov 1991
- Indonesia 6-7 Nov 1989
- Japan 6-7 Nov 1989
- Republic of Korea 6-7 Nov 1989
- Malaysia 6-7 Nov 1989
- Mexico 17-19 Nov 1993
- New Zealand 6-7 Nov 1989
- Papua New Guinea 17-19 Nov 1993
- Peru 14-15 Nov 1998
- The Philippines 6-7 Nov 1989
- Russia 14-15 Nov 1998
- Singapore 6-7 Nov 1989
- Chinese Taipei 12-14 Nov 1991
- Thailand 6-7 Nov 1989
- The United States 6-7 Nov 1989
- Viet Nam 14-15 Nov 1998