Wednesday,
September 27, 2006
2:30pm-4:00pm,
340 Cannon House Office Building
The
Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a
Congressional briefing on a recently released report from the
Western Governors’ Association (WGA)—an association of 19
states and three US-flag Pacific islands—entitled Clean
Energy, a Strong Economy and a Healthy Environment. The
report, released early this summer by the WGA’s Clean and
Diversified Energy Advisory Committee (CDEAC), stems from a June
2004 WGA resolution to examine the feasibility of developing
30,000 megawatts (MW) of clean and diverse energy by 2015;
increasing energy efficiency 20 percent by 2020; and providing
adequate transmission to meet the region’s needs through 2030.
Energy remains a foremost concern of Congressional offices; this
report helps demonstrate the abundance of clean energy resources
available and the ways in which they can be utilized. In
contrast to the Administration's proposed elimination of the
Department of Energy's geothermal and hydropower programs, the
WGA report sees enormous need and opportunity for these clean,
renewable resources.
Speakers:
·
Dr.
Douglas Arent, Principal Analyst, Energy Analysis, National
Renewable Energy Laboratory, and member, Quantitative Working
Group, Western Governors’ Association Clean and Diversified
Energy Advisory Committee Presentation
·
William
Keese, Co-chair, Western Governors’ Association Clean and
Diversified Energy Advisory Committee, and former Chairman of
the California Energy Commission Presentation
The
Clean and Diversified Energy Advisory Committee report to the
WGA details the findings of seven CDEAC task force reports for
advanced coal, biomass, energy efficiency, geothermal, solar,
transmission and wind. The briefing will provide background on
the WGA-CDEAC process and analysis, the major findings of the
reports, identify what can be done at the state level and what
states are taking action now, and what the policy
recommendations are, particularly for Federal policymakers.
In
addition to the CDEAC report, this summer the WGA adopted a
policy resolution on global climate change. The WGA resolution
calls for a full and vigorous discussion regarding the reduction
and mitigation of greenhouse gases, adaptation policies and
other global climate change measures. The climate resolution
stems from a 1997 WGA policy resolution entitled Regional
and National Policies Regarding Global Climate Change urging
the President, Congress, the U.S. Department of State, and other
federal agencies to include the interests and expertise of the
states as part of any national debate on global climate change,
including the reduction of greenhouse gases, to ensure fully
coordinated policies.
This
briefing is open to the public and no reservations are required.
Please feel free to forward this notice. For more
information, please contact Fred Beck at fbeck@eesi.org
or 202.662.1892.
