Ronnie Kweller -- Alliance to Save Energy <[masked]>
reply-to [masked]
to Philo Collins <[masked]>
date Mon, Nov 2, 2009 at 2:04 PM
subject Consensus EE Standards on Outdoor Lighting

Event Date and Time and Place:
Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2009 2 pm; 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building

Status Quo for Outdoor Lighting To Change;
Agreement Reached on a Federal Efficiency Standard for Outdoor Lighting

WHAT:
Lighting manufacturers, designers, energy advocates and utilities have met and negotiated a comprehensive federal standard for outdoor lighting. This consensus proposal would, for the first time, establish federal energy efficiency standards for pole-mounted outdoor lighting products, generating significant energy and monetary savings.

WHO:
Senator Jeff Bingaman (D-N.M.)
Senator Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska)
Senator Mark Pryor (D-Ark.)
Representative Jane Harmon (D-Calif.)
Representative Fred Upton (R-Mich.)
National Electrical Manufacturers Association President and CEO Evan Gaddis
American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy Executive Director Steve Nadel
Natural Resources Defense Council Manager, Building Energy Policy Lane Burt

WHEN:
2:00 p.m. EST, Tuesday, November 3, 2009

WHERE:
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building
Washington, D.C. 20510

MEDIA CONTACTS:
Ronnie Kweller [masked]; [masked]
Jessica Lin [masked]; [masked]
Alex DelSordo [masked]; [masked]

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