[Peace] Energy Summit on Wednesday

[Walling, Jennifer]

If anyone wants to drop off some AWARE info to put on a table, please come
at 3:30 or contact me to arrange a time and place to drop it off.
 
Energy Summit 
Sponsored by Lt. Gov. Pat Quinn 
at the YMCA, Latzer Hall 
1001 S Wright 
Champaign 
Wednesday, November 12 at 4:00 pm 

Wednesday, November 12 at 4 pm at the U of I, Lieutenant Governor Pat Quinn
will hold an energy summit on the role of the public in shaping energy
policy for the State of Illinois.  In the wake of the catastrophic blackout
throughout the East Coast--the worst power outage in US history, Lt. Gov.
Quinn will hold a discussion regarding energy reform and how the public can
be brought into the policy making process to help shape a long-term plan for
Illinois' energy infrastructure.  On August 16, Governor Rod Blagojevich
appointed Lt. Gov. Quinn Chairman of a new "Special Task Force on the
Condition and Future of the Illinois Energy Infrastructure."  The mission of
the Special Task Force is to analyze the state's existing energy
infrastructure, examine Illinois nuclear power plant safety, and to look at
ways to relieve pressure on the grid by promoting energy efficiency and
renewable energy.  The Task Force is expected to make comprehensive
recommendations for reform in early 2004.   

Please forward this information to anyone who would be interested in
attending. 
 
Co-sponsors include: Students for Environmental Concerns, Environmental
Resources, Illinois Student Environmental Network, Red Bison, Prairie Group
of the Sierra Club, AWARE, University YMCA, Ecological Design Consortium
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