EEI President Gives Annual "State of the Industry" Speech

February 13, 2008

The electric utility industry faces a period of transformation as addressing climate change becomes imperative, EEI President Tom Kuhn said today in his annual "state of the industry" speech. Electric utilities are pursuing business innovation and technological advances to effect that transformation, Kuhn said.

"Today, the great challenge before us is the need to supply affordable, reliable electricity to a world that is growing both in population and standard of living, while at the same time moving to a low-carbon future," Kuhn said. "We believe the key to this challenge is technology.  And many of the policy decisions we are making today will affect the kinds of technologies that are developed and how they are used."

• Read the EEI news release.
• Access the speech, "Transforming the Electric Utility Industry."

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