Alliance to Save Energy's 'Great Energy Efficiency Debate' Addresses U.S. 'Oil Addiction,' Energy Security

WHAT: As Congress debates energy policy and the nation faces record energy prices, the Alliance to Save Energy's Great Energy Efficiency Debate brings together government, industry, think tank, and public interest group experts to discuss the role of energy efficiency and energy policy in keeping US manufacturing globally competitive and in addressing US "oil addiction."

  WHEN:  Tuesday, May 10, 8 am - 4:30 pm

  WHERE: Senate Dirksen Office Building, 1st & C Sts, NE, Room G50

WHO: CONGRESS: Sen. Byron Dorgan (D-N.D.), Alliance chair, member, Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee; Rep. Thomas Allen (D-Maine); Michal Freedhoff, senior policy associate, Office of Rep. Edward Markey (D- Mass.); John Shanahan, majority counsel, U.S. Senate Environment and Public Works Committee

GOVERNMENT: David Garman, assistant secretary of energy, U.S. Department of Energy (keynote); Carlos Montoulieu, director, Office of Energy and Environmental Industries, International Trade Administration, U.S. Commerce Department

AUTO COMPANIES: Tony Reinhart, federal affairs manager, manufacturing & logistics, Ford Motor Company; Keith Cole, director, legislative and regulatory affairs, General Motors; Edward Cohen, vice president, Honda North America

OTHER INDUSTRIES: Red Cavaney, president and CEO, American Petroleum Institute; David Freeman, president, Western Hydrogen Storage; Gordon Slack, business director of energy, Dow Chemical; Jim Wolf, vice president and chairman, Environmental Policy Council, Trane

PUBLIC INTEREST: Ralph Cavanagh, senior attorney, Natural Resources Defense Council

THINK TANKS: Frank Gaffney, founder and president, Center for Security Policy; David Jirdad, vice president for science and research, World Resource Institute

View complete agenda at http://www.ase.org/content/article/detail/2119.

The Alliance to Save Energy is a coalition of prominent business, government, environmental, and consumer leaders who promote the efficient and clean use of energy worldwide to benefit consumers, the environment, economy, and national security.