ENERGY POLICY

CED And EPRI Host Future of Electricity Forum

Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM) outlines Capitol Hill efforts to improve America's electricity system.

On June 24, 2004, CED and the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) hosted a forum on the future of electricity at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington, D.C. Over 120 attendees heard presentations on the need to modernize the country's power delivery system to make it more reliable, secure, and responsive to the constantly changing and ever-increasing demands placed on it by the digital society.

CED Trustee Kurt Yeager and President of EPRI gives Washington audience his plan for modernizing the U.S. electric grid.

Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-NM), Ranking Member of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in the U.S. Senate, provided the keynote address in which he detailed congressional efforts to enact an energy policy, with electricity modernization an important part of that policy.

Kurt Yeager, President and CEO of EPRI and a CED Trustee, then gave an informative presentation on EPRI's Electricity Framework for the Future, which provides a comprehensive blueprint for improving electricity distribution. Mr. Yeager provided a strong economic case for modernizing the electricity sector now.

The forum concluded with an enlightening panel discussion highlighting views from the private and public sectors on the importance of the electricity sector and the challenges it faces. The panel featured John Derrick, former Chairman and CEO of Pepco Holdings, Inc., and Suedeen Kelly, a Commissioner at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

To see Kurt Yeager's Electricity Framework for the Future Presentation, Click Here.