Mekong - U.S. Partnership
Through JUMPP, the U.S. and Japan provide technical assistance to Mekong governments in pursuit of energy security and stronger power market governance while encouraging greater power trade, clean energy integration, decarbonization, and resilience. Through JUMPP, the six partner governments promote more sustainable energy sectors and quality energy infrastructure development with 101 completed and ongoing activities since 2019. U.S. and Japanese bilateral and regional technical assistance support Mekong electricity regulators, electric utilities, and energy ministries, as well as power system development by working with national power market authorities on integrating clean energy (renewable energy, battery storage, advanced metering, EVs, etc.); developing competitive power markets; enhancing cross-border power trade; and creating opportunities for private investment. The six partner governments worked together to develop a JUMPP Action Plan in 2023 for expanding regional cooperation across JUMPP’s three pillars: Clean Energy Integration, Market Development and Investment and Regional Power Trade. Through these pillars, illustrative examples of technical assistance include: power market analysis; advisory support; technical assessments; capacity building workshops; regulatory exchanges; and roundtables with private energy companies to accelerate the energy transition and cross-border power trade in the region. The governments of Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, Viet Nam, as well as Japan and the United States, have collaborated on JUMPP since 2019 and developed an Action Plan outlining 40 new technical assistance activities for implementation to advance shared goals of clean energy integration, expanded regional power trade, and power market reform.
April 1–3, 2024
Release of Japan-U.S.-Mekong Power Partnership Action Plan MEDIA NOTE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON April 6, 2023 Today, at the Friends of the Mekong Senior Officials Meeting in Vientiane, Lao PDR, the United States and Japan, together with Cambodia, Lao PDR, Thailand, and Vietnam, released the Japan-U.S.-Mekong Power Partnership (JUMPP) Action Plan , a comprehensive document that outlines…
EAP Assistant Secretary Kritenbrink’s Keynote Address for the Mekong-U.S. Partnership Track 1.5 Dialogue on Infrastructure and Energy Good morning and good evening, everyone. It is an honor to speak to so many distinguished guests, YSEALI participants, innovators, leaders, and policy makers from across the region. It is a region I am passionate about, having recently…
The United States and Mekong Partner countries released a Joint Statement on the launch of the Mekong-U.S. Partnership.
The United States and Japan released a Joint Statement on the one-year anniversary of the launch of the Japan-U.S.-Mekong Power Partnership (JUMPP). This statement affirms the commitment promoting regional energy integration and market development and accelerate Mekong sub-regional infrastructure connectivity. It also highlights projects supported by JUMPP over the last year.
The United States and Japan value transparency, free and fair competition, and the unfettered flow of energy suppliesn the Indo-Pacific region which is vital to the stability and development of the region. The United States and Japan pledge to partner with Mekong countries to maintain and promote a moreustainable energy sector and quality energy infrastructure…
