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In Mexico, the Federal Commission of Electricity (CFE) is the public entity that is responsible for the annual preparation of the national programme of the electricity system development with a 15 year horizon (POISE in Spanish). Besides this national planning process, there are regional plans as well as others regarding the development of hydroelectric and geothermoelectric projects; these plans are essential inputs to prepare the POISE. Another key decision window is the site selection of the projects listed in the Program.

For a few years the Environmental Protection Division of CFE has been promoting the incorporation of SEA into the decision-making processes of the company. Two regional SEAs have been made so far. This paper presents the actions carried out to incorporate SEA into CFE since 2002, as well as the methodologies followed in each of the two cases, and primarily the lessons learned from these experiences.

India is at a phase of critical juncture in terms of its energy transitions. While the country has witnessed commendable progresses in various dimensions of energy sustainability and security, there are challenges galore on multiple fronts. The chapter conducts a holistic empirical assessment of the sustainability of the electricity sector in India by employing a sustainable development framework. An indicator-based analysis is carried out for 12 Indian states over the time period of a decade. The assessment clearly reveals that the sector appears to be moving on a sustainable development trajectory, although disruptions are found when individual dimensions of sustainability are examined. The economic dimension of sustainability shows a nonlinear trend with multiple jerks, while the environmental and the social dimensions of sustainability exhibit a declining trend initially but rise thereafter.

This chapter describes how economic models are used to answer questions about policy changes, specifically in the context of a carbon fee-and-dividend system. A carbon fee-and-dividend is a price on carbon dioxide emissions that returns the revenues gained to ordinary households in the form of a monthly check. The chapter describes, in nontechnical terms, the economic models and modeling processes involved and how they are similar and different from climate models…

China has made a firm commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by the middle of this century. To achieve this, reform of the current energy system, especially the electricity sector, is needed. In other words, transforming the traditional fossil fuel-based sector into a renewables-dominated system is critical, and efficient resource allocation among different power sectors is an important way to achieve energy transition. However, resource misallocation in China’s electricity sector leads to significant negative economic consequences. This chapter thus extends the Hsieh and Klenow (2009) framework and applies it to enterprise-level data to model resource misallocation in China’s electricity sector. We find that resource misallocation in electricity sector not only brings about inefficiencies but also affects the progress of the energy transition. Further marketisation reform is important to resolve the problem.