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2011/EWG42/001

Agenda Item: 1(b)

Draft Agenda

Purpose: Consideration

Submitted by: EWG Secretariat

/ 42nd Energy Working Group Meeting
Kaohsiung, Chinese Taipei
17-21 October 2011

DRAFT AGENDA

1. Opening Addresses and Adoption of the Agenda

  1. Opening Addresses (Lead Shepherd, Co-chair)

b. Adoption of the Agenda (Members)

2. Energy Working Group Management and Direction

  1. Report of APEC Secretariat
  2. APERC President’s Report
  3. 2012 EWG Work Plan (EWG Secretariat, Members)
  4. Engagement with other fora (EWG Secretariat)

3. EWG Project Funding 2011 – Procedural Issues

a. EWG Secretariat to report on the status of project proposals

b. Members and Expert Group/Task Force Chairs present any new proposals

c. Members to consider and endorse any new self-funded EWG projects

4. Report on Transportation and Energy Ministerial Conference

5. Statements on Notable Energy Developments since EWG41

6. Policy Dialogue

a. Topic: Resiliency of the Energy Sector in the Face of Natural Disasters

  1. Discussion of Topic for EWG43 (Members)

7. Energy Security Themes for Russia’s APEC Year

8. Progress of APEC Energy Smart Communities Initiative (ESCI)

  1. Cross-cutting Projects (Knowledge Sharing Platform and LCMT)
  2. Smart Transport
  3. Smart Buildings
  4. Smart Grids
  5. Smart Jobs

IMPLEMENTATION OF APEC ENERGY SECURITY INITIATIVE (Agenda 9-15)

9. Short-Term ESI Measures

a. Joint Oil Data Initiative

Report of progress (EGEDA)

b. Real Time Emergency Information Sharing System (RTEIS)

Report of progress (Japan)

c. Energy Emergency Response

Report on emergency response arrangement in host economy (Chinese Taipei)

d. Maritime Security

Discussion on potential areas of cooperation (Members)

Long-Term ESI Measures

10 . Energy Trade and Investment

  1. Report of Energy Trade and Investment Task Force
  2. Report on activity with Subcommittee on Standards and Conformance (SCSC)

11. Energy Efficiency

  1. Progressreport including project highlights (EGEEC)
  2. Reports on Peer Review of Energy Efficiency (PREE) and Cooperative Energy Efficiency Design for Sustainability (CEEDS) activities (APERC)
  3. Report on Collaborative Assessments of Standards and Testing (CAST), Strengthening APEC Energy Standards Information System (United States)
  4. Discussion on Energy Intensity Reduction Goal (Members)

12. New and Renewable Energy

  1. Progress reportincluding project highlights (EGNRET)
  2. Progress report on APEC Smart Grid Initiative – ASGI (United States)

13. Alternative Transport Fuels

  1. Progress report including project highlights (Biofuels Task Force)

14. Clean Fossil Energy

  1. Progressreport including project highlights (EGCFE)
  2. Presentation and Discussion on Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reduction (Members)
  3. Presentation and Discussion on Unconventional Gas Census (Members)

15. Other Long-Term Measures

  1. Nuclear Energy

Report on any developments (Members)

  1. Natural Gas Trade

Report on monthly gas data (EGEDA)

  1. Hydrogen and Fuel Cells

Report on any developments (Members)

  1. Methane Hydrates

Report on any developments (Members)

  1. Petroleum Infrastructure

Report on any developments (Members)

  1. Offshore Oil & Gas

Report on any developments (Members)

16. Concluding Business(EWG Secretariat)

  1. Dates for Next Meeting
  2. Document Access
  3. Summary Record
  4. Other Business