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** Coalition for Green Capital Invites You to a Webinar Hosted by the Yale Center for Business and the Environment
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** The Green Bank Act of 2014
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Featuring:
Bill Parsons, Chief of Staff to Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD)
Reed Hundt (YC '69, Law '74), Coalition for Green Capital

Wednesday, May 14, 2014, 12:00-1:00 PM

REGISTER HERE (https://www3.gotomeeting.com/register/286828606)

Read the Bill (http://vanhollen.house.gov/sites/vanhollen.house.gov/files/VANHOL_067_xml.pdf)

Momentum is growing behind the innovative clean energy finance concept of Green Banks. Green Banks provide low-cost financing for clean energy projects in partnership with private investors. They reduce the cost of capital to lower the price of clean energy and leverage public dollars with greater private investment. Connecticut and New York have Green Banks, Hawaii and Vermont have similar entities, and ten more states are considering Green Banks. To build on this movement, Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) introduced the Green Bank Act of 2014 to create a Federal Green Bank. In addition to financing clean energy projects, the Federal Green Bank would offer matching funds to capitalize state Green Banks. Bill Parsons, the Chief of Staff for Rep. Van Hollen explains the history and details of the legislation. And Reed Hundt, CEO of the Coalition for Green Capital, discusses the growing interest in Green Banks around the country.

http://t.e2ma.net/click/4ovyg/geblob/8bghkc

The Coalition for Green Capital (http://www.coalitionforgreencapital.com) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that works to establish green banks on the state, federal, and international levels by conducting in-depth analyses, leading educational campaigns, and providing specialized consulting services. The mission of a green bank is to combine scarce public resources with private sector funds to invest in attractive clean energy and energy efficiency projects. In the past year, CGC has worked in a growing number of states to establish green banks, including Connecticut, New York, Washington, Hawaii, Maryland, Minnesota and others. With the recent introduction of federal legislation, we hope to see the
movement at the state level grow in momentum and success.


Bill Parsons, age 46, is Chief of Staff to Congressman Chris Van Hollen (D-MD). In that capacity, he is responsible for managing Congressman Van Hollen’s Capitol Hill office. Previously, he served as Associate Director for Government Relations at the American Council on Education and as Legislative Director to Congressman Van Hollen, where he handled appropriations, budget, tax, financial services and energy policy. A native New Yorker, Bill is a graduate of Harvard University and lives in Bethesda, MD with his wife Kerry, thirteen year old daughter Natalie and ten year old son Will.


Reed E. Hundt is the CEO of the Coalition for Green Capital, a non-profit organization headquartered in Washington, D.C. He is also the principal of REH Advisers, a business advisory firm. He was Chairman of the Federal Communications Commission from 1993 to 1997. He sits on various corporate and non-profit boards including Intel Corporation, the Connecticut Clean Energy Finance and Investment Authority, and the Yale School of Management. Reed’s publications include Zero Hour: Time to Rebuild the Clean Power Platform (Odyssey Editions, 2013), The Politics of Abundance: How Technology Can Fix the Budget, Revive the American Dream, and Establish Obama’s Legacy (co-authored with Blair Levin; Odyssey Editions, 2012), In China’s Shadow: The Crisis of American Entrepreneurship (Yale University Press, 2006) and You Say You Want A Revolution: A Story of Information Age Politics (Yale University Press, 2000). Reed holds a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from Yale Law School.


Want more information on Green Banks? Watch a recording of this April 9th panel held at Yale featuring Daniel Esty, Richard Kauffman and Catherine Smith:

Yale School of Management Green Bank Panel: (http://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/can-green-banks-revolutionize-clean-energy-industry) Can Green Banks Revolutionzie the Clean Energy Industry? (http://insights.som.yale.edu/insights/can-green-banks-revolutionize-clean-energy-industry)


The Yale Center for Business and the Environment (http://cbey.yale.edu/) (CBEY) is pleased to present Blueprint for Efficiency, our fourth annual webinar series on energy efficiency, which will continue to emphasize the latest opportunities for energy efficiency. Through presentations from leaders in the corporate, nonprofit, and public-private arenas, we will explore energy efficiency through the lenses of behavior, policy, finance, and technology. Webinars are free and open to the public. Each presentation is recorded and available through Yale University's iTunesU channel (https://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/id455763464) .

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