 "Serving Western Legislatures" Council
of State Governments - WEST OFFICERS Melvin
R. Brown Jeannette
Hamby Timothy
Z. Jennings Manny
M. Aragon Kent
Briggs COMMITTEE CHAIRS Electrical
Industry Restructuring Future
of Western Legislatures Energy
& Minerals Western
Water Policy Southern
Boarder Smart
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& Transportation WESTRENDS Legislative
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Public Lands and Electric Utility Restructuring Drive Day-3 of CSG-West Annual Meeting Monday, September 21 schedule For Immidiate Release: September 20, 1998 Contacts:
WHAT: Day three features morning sessions on public land policy and electric industry restructuring. The Public Lands Committee holds a roundtable discussion with public land committee chairs from around the west. Environmental policy positions of the Western Governors Association will be reviewed. The Electrical Restructuring Committee gets a progress report on the California experience and looks at renewable energy in a deregulated market. Brigadier General Hal Stearns of the Montana National Guard, a history scholar, draws amusing lessons from the Lewis and Clark expedition and applies them to modern-day leadership dilemmas. WHEN:
WHERE: Hotel Captain Cook, 939 West 5th Ave., Anchorage, AK
WHO: Public Lands: legislators from Alaska (Rep. Scott Ogan), Colorado, Idaho, Nevada, Utah, and Washington. Electrical Utility Restructuring: California Senator James Brulte discusses his state’s experience with the issue. Rose McKinney-James, President of the Corporation for Solar Technology talks about the deregulated market while Jim Conran of the Electric Consumers Alliance of Emoryville, California, gives the consumer perspective on electric utility restructuring. HOSTS: The Alaska Legislature and The Council of State Governments-WEST, a nonpartisan organization dedicated to cooperation and collaboration among Western state legislators. # # # |