CleanSkies.tv Interviews Council President a the Eastern Regional Energy Summit

Deborah L. Wince-Smith, president of the Council, speaks about the goals of the Regional Energy Summit series on CleanSkies.tvs Energy News Center Morning Report April 15, 2009.

The Council on Competitiveness; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; and Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) hosted the Councils Eastern Regional Energy Summit, the second in a series of four regional summits planned for 2009.

New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine gave the keynote address. Additional participants included Ralph Izzo, president and CEO of PSEG; Richard L. McCormick, president of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Dominic Pileggi, president and CEO of Thomas & Betts Corporation; Shirley Ann Jackson, vice chair of the Council on Competitiveness and president of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and Deborah L. Wince-Smith, president of the Council on Competitiveness.

The Summit focused on the rollout of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and the use of energy-efficiency measures at scale to help meet RGGIs emissions targets. The summit series will culminate with the Council's National Energy Summit & International Dialogue in Washington in the fall of 2009.

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