WASHINGTON, DC – The Energy Department’s Office of Energy Policy and Systems Analysis will host a public meeting in Newark, New Jersey, on Monday, September 8, to receive stakeholder input to the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER), an administration-wide effort to make recommendations regarding key infrastructure needed for the transmission, storage and distribution of energy.
The Newark meeting will examine electricity transmission, storage and distribution in the eastern electricity interconnection of the U.S. The meeting will include panel discussions on building and operating the appropriate amount of transmission infrastructure for future needs, coping with new challenges and opportunities related to distribution, and business models and regulations of regulated utilities. Following panel discussions, the public will have an opportunity to make statements.
The QER, officially launched by President Obama in January, is co-chaired by the White House Domestic Policy Council and Office of Science and Technology Policy, and includes representation from all relevant executive departments and agencies. DOE is playing a key role in development of the QER by providing policy analysis and modeling, and coordinating stakeholder engagement.
Additional information, including the agenda and a full list of the speakers for each panel, is available HERE.
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WHAT |
Quadrennial Energy Review outreach session on electricity transmission storage and distribution for the eastern electricity interconnection |
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WHO |
Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz |
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WHERE |
New Jersey Institute of Technology Campus Center -- Ballroom 150 Bleeker Street Newark, NJ 07102 |
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WHEN |
9:00 a.m. on Monday, September 8, 2014 (Doors open at 8 a.m.) |
The event will also be live streamed HERE.