EPRI Participation at Edison Electric Institute (EEI) Environment Meetings
Bryan Hannegan, Vice President – Environment sector, and John Novak – Executive Director of Federal and Industry Activities for Environment and Generation, participated in the EEI environment meetings held in Portland, Oregon from July 18 – 20. John Novak participated in the meetings of the CO₂ Capture and Storage Working Group, The Global Climate Change Subcommittee, the Clean Air Strategy Group, and the Environment Executive Advisory Committee (EEAC). Bryan Hannegan spoke to the EEAC about new EPRI activities in the areas of climate change, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEV), and fish protection. On climate change, Bryan reported the results of the EPRI economic analysis demonstrating the benefits of a full portfolio of climate technologies in substantially reducing the costs of achieving climate goals. Next, Bryan presented the results of the EPRI/NRDC study released on August 19 showing that the use of PHEV would provide air quality benefits and reduced emissions of greenhouse gases. Finally, Bryan provided an overview on a new EPRI project to assess the environmental and economic impacts of closed cycle cooling systems. The EEAC chairman, Skiles Boyd of DTE Energy, stressed the importance of providing sound technical information on closed cycle cooling that could be used by EPA in revised the 316 (b) Phase II rule and urged EEAC members to consider funding the EPRI project.