Nearshoring, Industry and Energy: Northern Mexico as a Driver of New Investments

Regulatory advisor in the electricity sector in Mexico with extensive experience in distributed generation. In 2016, he participated in the working groups for the approval of the general administrative provisions for the interconnection of power plants smaller than 0.5 MWp of the Special Energy Transition Programme (PETE) of SENER. He has contributed to various workshops and discussion panels related to regulation, such as those that analyzed the Electricity Industry Law in 2021 and CALIDENA, the programme to assess and improve the value chain in the photovoltaic sector led by the German National Metrology Institute (PTB), among others. It has collaborated with different manufacturers to comply with the technical requirements requested in RES/142/2017. He also has several certifications, including that of strategic and commercial partner in Mexico for the SOLAREDGE brand. His company has installed more than 6 GWp in distributed generation. He runs the online workshop portal Hablando de Energía which promotes knowledge of the Electricity Industry Law and its regulation. He is Vicepresident of the XXIII Board of Directors in the National Solar Energy Association (ANES).

He holds a degree in Electrical and Electronic Engineering from UNAM. He is currently studying for a Master's degree in Engineering Project Management. He was the most recent Commissioner of the Energy Regulatory Commission and Chair of the National Advisory Committee on Electrical Standardisation. He served as Director of Clean Energy at the Ministry of Energy, and works as a consultant and lecturer on energy matters. He is passionate about bioenergy, energy efficiency and the energy transition; he has represented the Mexican Government before various national and international bodies and has delivered lectures to the various sectors involved in the energy sector. He is currently Secretary for Energy Development for the State of Tamaulipas.

Es Abogada graduada por el Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Campus Monterrey (Tec de Monterrey), y cuenta con Maestría en Derecho Internacional (MDI) por la Escuela de Graduados en Administración Pública y Políticas Públicas (EGAP) del Tec de Monterrey. Adicionalmente, ha cursado Diplomados en Cornell University (Ithaca, New York) (arbitraje internacional y contratos internacionales), Georgetown University (Washington, D.C.) (Economía y ciencias sociales), Université de la Sorbonne (París, Francia) (derecho ambiental), y Harvard University (Boston) (políticas públicas), así como un Diplomado en Medios Alternos de Solución de Controversias por el Tec de Monterrey, un Diplomado en Derecho Energético por la Universidad de Monterrey (UDEM) en conjunto con la Asociación Mexicana de Derecho Energético (AMDE), un Diplomado en Propiedad Intelectual del Despacho Oblon, McClelland, Maier & Neustadt, LLP (Washington) y el Programa de Liderazgo Femenino Alfa-Kiik (EGADE).

Sofía Araceli Díaz Plascencia is a Business Developer at Prosolia Energy Mexico, where she drives distributed generation and self-consumption projects for the industrial sector. She holds a degree in Biochemical Engineering and a Master's degree in the Electric Power Industry from Comillas Pontifical University (Spain). Her professional experience encompasses the development of energy solutions, electricity markets, and decarbonization strategies for industry, collaborating with companies to implement projects that enhance their competitiveness and sustainability.