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Contact:
Tracy Warren, NRECA
703-907-5746
Mobile: 703-517-3411

Recent reports warn that Virginia and Maryland (among other states) are running out of power and may face rolling blackouts as early as 2011. At the same time Congress and the new Administration have vowed to address climate change, which could make it harder to build new power plants. Can technology help get us out of this jam? How? Which technologies should we be funding?

When:
April 16, 2009
5:00 p.m. – Energy Efficiency Expo
7:00 p.m. – Energy Town Hall Meeting

Who:
Kojo Nnamdi, WAMU, Moderator
Glenn English, CEO, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
Manik Roy, VP for Federal Affairs, Pew Center for Climate Change
Brian Castelli, Executive VP for Programs & Development, Alliance to Save Energy
Jay Fisette, Vice-Chairman, Arlington County Board

Where:
NRECA Building, 4301 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington, Virginia

The public is invited to an Arlington Energy Town Hall Meeting to discuss how the nation ensures we have the power we need in the future. WAMU’s Kojo Nnamdi will moderate a panel discussion and public Q&A.

Prior to the town hall meeting (5:00 p.m.) an Energy Expo will feature leading edge technologies incubated here in Arlington and give away energy efficiency information and tools.

The event is hosted by NRECA, the Ballston Science and Technology Alliance (BSTA) and Arlington County, and is being held as part of BSTA’s 2009: Year of Science program. BSTA serves as one of twelve regional hubs for the Coalition on the Public Understanding of Science (COPUS).

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