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To: State Representatives
From: Larry Pearce, Executive Director David Terry, Washington Representative
Subject: Agenda, Governors’ Wind & Solar Energy Coalition Monthly Conference Call, Wednesday June 21, 2017
The Coalition’s monthly conference call is scheduled for this Wednesday, June 21 at 10:00 a.m. CT (9:00 MT, 8:00 PT, 11:00 ET). The conference call number is 800-747-5150 and your access code is 3951076. The proposed agenda for our call follows:
“50 percent is not even our ceiling”: How One Regional Transmission Organization is Transmitting More Renewable Energy — Lanny Nickell, Vice President, Southwest Power Pool (SPP) SPP sets North American record for wind power, SPP For the First Time, Wind on the Plains Supplied More Than Half Region’s Power, Bloomberg
Update: Secretary Perry Calls for 60-Day Study of U.S. Electric Grid — Rob Gramlich, Grid Strategies Official on grid study: ‘We haven’t prejudged anything’, E&E Grassley slams Perry’s grid study as anti-wind, E&E
Infrastructure Proposals and Electrical Transmission Development — Larry Pearce State Perspective — Dan Carol, Office of Governor Jerry Brown Industry Perspective — Rob Gramlich, Grid Strategies Trump Plans to Shift Infrastructure Funding to Cities, States and Business, New York Times Infrastructure package will land on Hill in a few weeks — Chao, E&E Democrats offer a trillion-dollar infrastructure plan, E&E
Washington Update — David Terry, Larry Pearce Administration’s Proposed FY’18 Budget Panel aims to ‘refocus’ State Energy Program that Trump wants to kill, E&E Lawmakers expected to snub White House budget, E&E Coalition Letter to Senate and House Appropriations Committees, FY’17 & FY’18 (4-24-17)
Coalition’s Activities — Larry Pearce Conference call with Secretary Perry and Secretary Zinke postponed Draft governors’ renewable energy recommendations Membership invitations to governors: Cooper (North Carolina), Edwards (Louisiana) AWEA Northwest Regional Conference, July 25-26, Renton, Washington
Next call is at 10 CT, 11 ET, and 8 PT on Thursday, August 24, 2017, and will feature discussion of impact of Tesla solar roofing tiles and DOE Gird Study. July’s monthly conference call is cancelled.
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