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The White House
Office of the Press Secretary
FOR PLANNING PURPOSES ONLY
June 10, 2011
Media Advisory: White House to Host "Building the 21st Century Grid" Event
WASHINGTON, D.C. – ïOn Monday, June 13th the White House will host an event on “Building the 21st Century Grid.” The event is from 10-11:30 a.m. Eastern and will be livestreamed at www.whitehouse.gov/live. At the event, the Administration will announce a number of new public- and private-sector initiatives designed to accelerate the modernization of the Nation’s electric infrastructure, bolster electric-grid innovation, and advance a clean energy economy, in part by taking greater advantage of digital and communications or “smart grid” technologies
Also at the event, the White House will release a report by the Cabinet-level National Science and Technology Council, “A Policy Framework for the 21st Century Grid,” which charts a collaborative path forward for applying smart grid technologies to the Nation’s electricity infrastructure to facilitate the integration of renewable sources of power into the grid; help accommodate the growing number of electric vehicles; help avoid blackouts and restore power quicker when outages occur; and reduce the need for new power plants.
A press release, fact sheet, and copies of the report will be available at www.whitehouse.gov/ostp at 10am Monday.
Administration Officials Participating
John P. Holdren, Assistant to the President for Science and Technology; Director, White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture
Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy
David Hayes, Deputy Secretary of Interior
Phil Weiser, National Economic Council Senior Advisor
Nancy Sutley, Chair of the Council on Environmental Quality
Aneesh Chopra, U.S. Chief Technology Officer
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