Keeping the Lights On—Our National Challenge
A special 1½ day conference on meeting the need for new electric efficiency, generation, and transmission investment in the United States
The Union League Club—Library-Lincoln Hall
38 East 37th Street
New York, NY
April 21-22, 2008
Featured Speakers
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David Gergen—Conference Kickoff Speaker: April 21
Television Commentator, U.S. News & World Report Editor-at-Large, Author, Harvard Professor, and Former Advisor to Presidents Nixon, Ford, Reagan and Clinton |
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Jon Wellinghoff—Luncheon Speaker: April 21
Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission |
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Jeffrey Immelt—Keynote Speaker: April 21
Chairman of the Board and CEO, General Electric |
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Daniel C. Esty—Keynote Speaker: April 22
Hillhouse Professor of Environmental Law and Policy, Yale University, Expert in "Green" Business, and Author, "Green to Gold" |
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- Susan Brown, Chairperson, Concerned Citizens of Platte County
- Kevin Burke, Chairman, President and CEO, Consolidated Edison, Inc.
- Michael J. Chesser, Chairman and CEO, Great Plains Energy, Inc.
- Anthony F. Earley, Jr., Chairman and CEO, DTE Energy Company
- Peter S. Fox-Penner, Chairman, The Brattle Group
- Anne George, Commissioner, Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control, and Chair, NARUC Committee on Electricity
- Ashok Gupta, Director, Air and Energy, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Edwin D. Hill, International President, International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
- Dr. Michael Howard, Senior Vice President, Research and Development, Electric Power Research Institute
- James Y. Kerr, II, Commissioner, North Carolina Utilities Commission, and Ex-Officio NARUC President
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- Thomas R. Kuhn, President, Edison Foundation, and President, Edison Electric Institute
- Diane Munns, Executive Director, Retail Energy Services, Edison Electric Institute, and Vice Chairman, Institute for Electric Efficiency, a project of the Edison Foundation
- Steve Nadel, Executive Director, American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy
- Bruce Nilles, Director, National Coal Campaign, Sierra Club
- David Springe, NASUCA President, and Consumer Counsel, Citizens’ Utility Ratepayer Board, Kansas
- Jeffry Sterba, Chairman, President and CEO, PNM Resources, Inc., and Chairman, Edison Electric Institute
- Jon Wellinghoff, Commissioner, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
- Dennis R. Wraase, Chairman, President and CEO, Pepco Holdings, Inc.
- Hugh Wynne, Senior Research Analyst, Sanford C. Bernstein & Co. Inc.
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About the Conference
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects electricity demand will increase at least 30 percent by 2030 as the U.S. population increases, the economy expands, and the use of electric technologies grows. At the same time, projected reserve margins are declining across the country.
In order to meet the projected growth in electricity demand, in addition to expanded energy-efficiency measures, major investments are needed to expand and modernize most elements of the electric utility business. The industry also must address the obstacles to building new generation and transmission in a carbon-constrained world, while at the same time addressing global competition for construction materials and energy supply, natural gas constraints, and developing—but immature—technologies.
This conference will bring together policymakers, energy industry and environmental experts, labor and consumer representatives, and Wall Street to focus on:
- energy efficiency
- emerging technologies
- projected generation and transmission investment needs
- case studies for overcoming obstacles
Downloadable Documents
- Meeting Information
- Presentations
- Press Releases
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