EMAIL DETAILS

Hunter - How's it going? We are finally having our first public meeting on
the Quadrennial Energy Review on April 11 at the Congressional Visitor
Center if you are interested. The details are below:


*From:* Richards, John
*Sent:* Thursday, April 03, 2014 3:29 PM
*To:* Richards, John
*Subject:* Quadrennial Energy Review Formal Stakeholder Meeting, April
11th, Congressional Visitors Center


Thank you for your interest in the Quadrennial Energy Review (QER), which
was established by the President earlier this year (you can read the
Presidential Memorandum establishing the QER
here<http://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2014/01/09/presidential-memorandum-establishing-quadrennial-energy-review>).
On behalf of Melanie Kenderdine, the Director of the Office of Energy
Policy and Systems Analysis (EPSA) in DOE, and Karen Wayland, EPSA's Deputy
Director for State, Local, and Tribal Cooperation, we want to invite you to
the first formal stakeholder meeting, Friday, April 11th, from 10:00-5:00
in the main auditorium of the Congressional Visitors Center. The agenda
for the event is appended below.


As you are probably aware, the QER is a multi-agency analysis of the
current state of our energy infrastructure (for transmission, storage, and
distribution), with a view toward policy recommendations looking out to
2030 and beyond. DOE's EPSA Office is serving as the Secretariat for the
QER, but the exercise involves a number of cooperating federal agencies
with jurisdiction over various elements of the nation's energy
infrastructure. The first formal stakeholder meeting is focusing on
addressing energy infrastructure vulnerabilities and improving resiliency.


For your review, a memo on the purpose and themes of the April 11th event,
the Federal Register notice for the first formal meeting, and a draft
outline on the purpose and rationale for the QER, are attached.


As a means of ensuring transparency of the QER effort, and to make certain
that our analysis has the benefit of all relevant perspectives, we are
including in this and each subsequent stakeholder meeting an "open mic"
portion, during which the general public and the community of stakeholders
will be able to speak for three minutes, with the ability to introduce into
our permanent QER comments library any reports, studies, or data sets that
people believe should be considered by the energy analysts who will be
developing the final QER documents. EPSA encourages all energy
stakeholders to participate in this meeting, and in subsequent meetings
described in the Federal Register notice, as well as additional meetings
yet to be scheduled.


We look forward to seeing you all on Friday, April 11th at 10:00.


9 a.m. Doors Open

People who want to speak during the afternoon public comment session may
sign up on a first-come-first-served basis.


10 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Opening Remarks by Energy
Secretary Ernest Moniz and Dr. John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President
for Science and Technology, about the Quadrennial Energy Review.


[10:30 a.m. - 11:00 a.m.] [Statements by Members of Congress]
TBD


11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.* *Panel I - Resiliency and
Vulnerabilities in Energy Transmission, Storage and Distribution*

*Panel I may start at 10:30 a.m. if there are no Member
statements.


12:00 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. *Panel II - Key Perspectives on
Energy Infrastructure and Vulnerabilities*


1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Public Comment


*John Richards Department of Energy*

Energy Policy and Systems Analysis Senior Advisor

Direct (202) 586-0507 Cell (240)
252-9182

John.Richards@hq.doe.gov www.energy.go