Advance registration to speak at the DOE Pittsburgh Hearing closed at 8 AM this morning (yeah, I missed it too!), however, you can still register on-site the day of the meeting, beginning at noon. The meeting begins at 1 PM and goes till 7 PM, or as long as it takes to get through everyone who registers to speak. Speakers will have up to two minutes for an oral presentation, and more time will be offered if they get through everyone before the meeting ends at 7 PM.
You must bring a photo ID (government issued) such as a drivers license, passport, or military ID. We should allow extra time to get through security. I propose leaving Morgantown from the WVU Coliseum (park at the end near the Arboretum) at 10:30, which should allow plenty of time to get lost, get through security, get registered, and most important of all, get lunch.
Let me know who all plans to ride along.
JBK
P.S. Two minutes is not a lot of time. I plan to make two points. 1) DOE insists that the designation of a corridor does not automatically mean that a transmission line is inevitable. But it is the only option getting serious discussion or planning at DOE. Hence, if DOE really thinks that Demand-Side Management or distributed generation are options, they need to take pro-active and substantive steps to include that in the plans, not just provide lip service. 2) DOE's plan for a transmission corridor utterly fails to include any planning for greenhouse gas reductions or a carbon tax or cap and trade program. Energy planning that fails to consider these issues means that consumers will be forced to pay for infrastructure that may be abandoned before it is paid for. This is the most expensive of all possible energy futures, and the DOE Plans need to assure that ratepayers are not forced to pay these costs. If companies want to bet billions of dollars on these schemes, the company executives and their stockholders should pay for them, not the ratepayers.
Jonathan Rosenbaum freesource@cheat.org 6/6/2007 11:07 PM >>>
The Pittsburgh meeting is next week on Wednesday. I was intrigued to find out that you can attend it via a web cast by registering at http://www.iian.ibeam.com/events/ener001/22727/ . Jim is providing carpooling as well.
Important links:
Pittsburgh Meeting Info - http://www.energetics.com/NIETCpublicmeetings/june13.shtml
Comment Submission (deadline July 6) - http://nietc.anl.gov/involve/comments/index.cfm
NIETC Homepage - http://nietc.anl.gov/involve/comments/index.cfm
Jonathan
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