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Hearing 2/25: Get Smart on Smart Grid

Select Committee Hearing to Focus on Technology Solutions for Updating Nation’s Energy Grid to Incorporate Renewable Energy

PLEASE NOTE: This hearing will NOT be webcast. YouTube clips will be posted later in the week. 

WASHINGTON – Central to building a green economy will be updating the nation’s energy grid with technology solutions that improve efficiency, save consumers money and create new jobs.

Smart grid and smart metering technology will be needed to incorporate renewable energy from wind, solar and geothermal sources. The economic recovery package provided $11 billion for smart grid technology and development and an additional $6 billion for renewable energy transmission construction.

Chairman Edward J. Markey and the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming will hold a hearing entitled, “Get Smart on the Smart Grid: How Technology Can Revolutionize Efficiency and Renewable Solutions” on Wednesday February 25th, 2009 at 9:30 AM EST. They will hear from energy experts and business leaders regarding energy efficiency gains that can be made by updating the nation’s energy grid using 21st century technology.

WHAT: Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming hearing, “Get Smart on the Smart Grid: How Technology Can Revolutionize Efficiency and Renewable Solutions.” 

WHEN: Wednesday, February 25th, 2009, 9:30 AM EST

WHERE: 2247 Rayburn House Office Building, Washington, DC

WHO: 
Allan Schurr, Vice President, IBM
Robert Gilligan, Vice President, General Electric
Tom Casey, CEO, CURRENT Group, LLC
Shirley Coates Brostmeyer, CEO, Florida Turbine Technolgies, Inc.
Charles Zimmerman, Vice President, Wal-Mart
Mr. James Hoecker, Hoecker Energy Law & Policy

 

CONTACT:  Eben Burnham Snyder, Select Committee, 202.225.4012

The House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming was formed by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) to increase the visibility and priority given to America's oil dependence and global warming challenges. It is chaired by Rep. Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and will actively explore the solutions, science and progress on these pressing issues during the 110th Congress.

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