Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid And Center For American Progress Action Fund “National Clean Energy Project: Building the New Economy”

Senator Harry Reid, Energy Executive T. Boone Pickens and John Podesta Host Kickoff Teleconference on Monday, February 2, 2009 to Discuss the National Clean Energy Project’s Agenda and Goals

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“National Clean Energy Project: Building the New Economy”

WHO:	Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) and the Center for American Progress Action Fund will host a forum entitled “National Clean Energy Project: Building the New Economy" on Monday, February 23, 2009 in Washington, DC. Center for American Progress Action Fund President John Podesta will convene the forum with Senator Reid.
	The half day event will bring together a select group of high-level government, business, labor and advocacy group leaders with a focus on developing a plan and key guiding principles to lead the transformation of U.S. energy policy and to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil. Confirmed attendees include Energy Secretary Steven Chu, Interior Secretary Ken Salazar and energy executive T. Boone Pickens among other esteemed participants.
WHAT:	The forum will focus on modernizing and expanding the electricity grid, integrating energy efficiency and distributed generation into operation and regulation, rapidly increasing transmission capacity for renewable energy and reducing our nation’s dependence on foreign oil by examining short- and long-term solutions to replace foreign oil with domestic resources to fuel vehicles and trucks, including natural gas.
KICKOFF TELECONFERENCE INFORMATION
To outline the agenda for the National Clean Energy Project there will be a kickoff teleconference.
CALL PARTICIPANTS:	Senator Harry Reid
	T. Boone Pickens, energy executive
	Center For American Progress Action Fund President John Podesta
DATE AND TIME:	Monday, February 2, 2009 at 3:30pm ET
CALL-IN INFORMATION:	1-888-422-7128, password 872136
NATIONAL CLEAN ENERGY PROJECT DETAILS
DATE AND TIME:	Monday, February 23, 2009
	10:30 AM to 1:30 PM
LOCATION:	Newseum
	555 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
	Washington, DC
SUMMIT SCHEDULE:
	10:30 a.m. National Clean Energy Project: Building the New Economy
	Note: The event will be open to media and invited guests only
	12:45 p.m. Press Conference

For Additional Information on the National Clean Energy Project, including the most up-to-date list of participants, Contact: Anna Soellner 202 492-2967