yet in many countries in the region the current political regulatory and industrial infrastructure is not yet ready for such a transformation some countries and subregions seek to promote energy independence or selfsufficiency while others strive for efficient integration of energy markets promoting mutually beneficial economicinterdependence would accelerate attainment of the agenda through integrative nexus areas that the notion of sustainable development offers for energy it is critical to think in terms of a wholly interconnected complex system in which supply demand conversation transport and transmission interact freely and flexibly