2009 National Electricity Delivery Forum
- The Nation's preeminent executive-level public policy forum series
- Addresses challenges to modernize the Nation's Grid
- Only annual Forum co-sponsored by DOE and NARUC
Honorable Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy, Keynote Speaker
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Dr. Steven Chu delivered the opening keynote address for the National Electricity Delivery forum on February 18, 2009. Dr. Steven Chu was sworn in as the Secretary of Energy on January 21, 2009. He leads the Department of Energy with a budget in excess of $23 billion and over 100,000 federal and contractor employees. Watch C-SPAN Video of Speech by Energy Sec. Chu (Video will open in new window) Time Duration: 23 minutes |
Mission
Educate, inform, and deliberate solutions for modernizing the Nation's electric power delivery infrastructure in an uncertain economy.
Theme
Infrastructure Modernization Options in an Uncertain Economy
Critical public policy issues will be discussed and debated -- among panelists and with the audience -- including:
- What steps are needed today to modernize the U.S. electric power system to be competitive in a global economy?
- What polices should the new Administration enact to ensure a robust electric power delivery system?
- What are the challenges to attracting capital investment in infrastructure and what can be done to overcome them?
- How is the U.S. training a new electric power system workforce and how will the U.S. be able to compete globally for skilled workers?
- What regional transmission approaches are being taken and what is the result?
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