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Viewing cable 06SANTIAGO1889, ENERGY NEEDS MOVE CHILE TO CONSIDER BIOFUELS,

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
06SANTIAGO1889 2006-09-06 15:45 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY Embassy Santiago
VZCZCXYZ0047
PP RUEHWEB

DE RUEHSG #1889/01 2491545
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
P 061545Z SEP 06
FM AMEMBASSY SANTIAGO
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC PRIORITY 9930
INFO RUEHBR/AMEMBASSY BRASILIA PRIORITY 3275
RUEHBU/AMEMBASSY BUENOS AIRES PRIORITY 3175
RUEHCV/AMEMBASSY CARACAS PRIORITY 1062
RUEHLP/AMEMBASSY LA PAZ SEP 4757
RUEHPE/AMEMBASSY LIMA PRIORITY 4678
RUCPDOC/DEPT OF COMMERCE WASHDC PRIORITY
RHMCSUU/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC PRIORITY
UNCLAS SANTIAGO 001889 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: ECON ENRG EPET EAGR SENV CI
SUBJECT: ENERGY NEEDS MOVE CHILE TO CONSIDER BIOFUELS, 
INCREASED FOREIGN INVESTMENT, AND NUCLEAR OPTIONS 
 
1. (U) Summary. Chile has felt its energy dependency more 
strongly this year than usual.  From spiking world oil prices 
to the occasional cutoff of gas from Argentina, there has 
been nothing but bad news on energy.  As part of an effort to 
diversify energy sources and to boost foreign direct 
investment, the GOC has begun to look to bio-energy options 
and to bundling energy projects for investors. Additionally, 
although Bachelet has yet to respond concretely, the topic of 
nuclear energy has recently come to the political forefront. 
End summary. 
 
2. (U) The difficulty in securing gas supplies under existing 
contracts from Argentina has underscored for the Chilean 
government public the level of the country's energy 
dependency.  The Argentinean gas issue coupled with spiking 
world oil prices have left Chileans feeling more vulnerable 
on the energy front than ever before.  The vulnerability is 
not just an extra cold night for the average Chilean but 
rather a vulnerability that sits in the heart of Chile's 
economy.  For example, according to Minister of Mines and 
Energy Poniachik, only eight percent of the gas that Chile 
imports from Argentina is used in Chilean households.  The 
vast bulk of natural gas use in Chile is in the manufacturing 
sector.  The cutoff and prices changes unilaterally initiated 
by Argentina have had their largest impact on Chilean 
industrial production.  Industry responds with diesel and 
coal use but costs are higher and the environmental impact 
much greater. 
 
Agro-energy and Biocombustibles 
------------------------------- 
 
3. (U) To put her own stamp on the GOC's energy policy, 
President Bachelet headlined a two-day seminar in July on 
potential new energy sources such as agroenergy and 
biocumbustibles.  Chilean Ministers of Agriculture Rojas and 
of Energy Poniachik were joined by the Brazilian and 
Argentinean Ministers of Agriculture to discuss how Chile's 
flourishing agriculture sector could support energy 
diversification, environmental protection and the development 
of new technologies. 
 
4. (U) At the seminar, the GOC announced the creation of an 
inter-ministerial committee to develop a policy framework for 
natural energy sources.  To date, this committee has met but 
its planning is very much in the early stages.  One immediate 
function of the committee has been to identify GOC land 
appropriate for biofuel development.  However, no legal 
mechanism exists in Chile to have the land administered by 
the private sector while still remaining in GOC hands.  The 
GOC will have to overcome some of its own internal 
bureaucracy before it can encourage biofuels as a viable 
energy alternative. 
 
Investment Road Show 
-------------------- 
 
5. (U) The Ministry of Mining and Energy in conjunction with 
the Committee of Foreign Investment, the Association of 
Electric Companies and the National Energy Commission, will 
be taking Chile's quest for energy investment on the road. 
The GOC is organizing seminars in London and New York in 
September to attract potential investors to the electric 
energy sector.  The GOC realizes that the country is a 
relatively small market when it comes to investment in the 
energy sector.  It is attempting to bundle planned projects 
in such a way as to raise Chile's profile among investors. 
 
6. (SBU) Comment: At least when it comes to developing its 
energy sector, Chile has begun to move away from the one-note 
song that the country's economic and political stability is 
sufficient to attract FDI.  The GOC has acknowledged that it 
must come up with creative ways to attract foreign investors 
to its energy sector.  Also, Chile has no doubt watched with 
envy as Brazil has moved decisively in recent years to true 
energy independence through biofuels. 
 
Nuclear Energy 
-------------- 
 
7.  (U)  In line with moves on the part of Brazil and 
Argentina for increased use of nuclear energy, for the first 
time under the Bachelet administration, the topic has come to 
the political forefront in Chile.  On August 21, during the 
 
weekly meeting between the four presidents of the governing 
coalition and the five Ministers of the Interior, Presidency, 
Government, Housing, and Justice Departments, the coalition 
partners expressed their doubts regarding the viability of 
the Administrations current energy plan and proposed the 
initiation of technical studies to look at the possibility of 
nuclear energy.  Additional supporters of the idea include 
ex-presidents Ricardo Lagos and Eduardo Frei, the later of 
whom spoke directly with Bachelet in support of publicly 
opening the nuclear discussion. 
 
8.  (U) Bachelet has yet to state a position and signals from 
her Government have been mixed.  During her campaign, 
Bachelet signed an accord with environmental activists 
agreeing not to include the nuclear energy in her national 
energy policy in exchange for their support.  However, she 
recently signed a bilateral agreement with Brazil for 
cooperation in peaceful nuclear energy.  Additionally, 
although Minister of Mining and Energy Poniachik stated last 
Friday the Government would not promote nuclear energy, their 
has been no direct indication from Bachelet to support this 
claim. 
 
9.  (U) In all events, a nuclear power plan would take 
approximately ten years to develop, three for preliminary 
technical studies costing two-three million dollars and seven 
for construction.  Technically, Bachelet could then say that 
she had kept her campaign promise.  The only certainty is 
that, should Chile decide to construct a nuclear power plant, 
it would be located in Taltal in the northern Angofagasta 
region. 
KELLY