Mexico: La Comisión Nacional para el Ahorro de Energía (CONAE)

The CONAE was created with the intention of functioning as technical organ of consultation. The most important functions of the CONAE are to promote action plans for efficient use of energy; to promote renewable energies; to coordinate actions of saving and rational use of energy; to prepare, to coordinate and to evaluate the national programs of energy saving; to promote and to foment studies related to the use of energy; to support the investigation, development and diffusion of technologies for the efficient use of energy; to develop Mexican Official Norms of efficient use of energy; and to supply technical assistance. The CONAE has established diverse programs, including: heat installation programs, program for saving energy in domestic illumination, obligatory norms for power efficiency, a summer schedule, a program for saving energy in Federal public administrative buildings (’99), a campaign of saving energy/energy efficiency in the petroleum sector, cogeneration in the electrical sector, and programs for the promotion of renewables.

Date Implemented: 1989

Status: In Force; Commission in charge of programs

Funding Information: Commission was set up with World Bank resources

Milestones: From 1995 to 2002, 9,120 GWh, 1,561 MW and 8.3 MMBOE accumulated saving was obtained in electrical energy, power and thermal energy respectively. An accumulated saving of 16,065 GWh, 2,926 MW and 10.6 MMBOE for these items is expected for 2006 (CONAE).

References: 2nd National Communication to the UNFCCC; Advances with Regard to Climate Change