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Washington, DC ﾖ The Center for Policy Alternatives (CPA) will host a forum on electric utility restructuring effects on states and low income communities on Wednesday, November 5, at the Hyatt Regency Capitol Hill concurrent with the winter meeting of the National Conference of State Legislatures.

Electric utility deregulation is rapidly sweeping across the country and confronting states with such questions as: Will consumers be served and protected? What do the utility workers say? How will state and community tax base and revenue stream be affected? How will low-income communities be affected? At this forum, the benefits and risks of deregulation will be discussed by consumer, employee, industry and state legislative representatives.

Panelists:

• Maryland Delegate Leon Billings
• Ricardo Byrd, Executive Director, National Association of Neighborhoods
• Roger Colton, Public Interest Attorney, Consumer Research Foundation
• Katherine Horne, Executive Director, Americans for Affordable Electricity
• Michael D. Oldak, Director of State Competitive and Regulatory Policies, Edison Electric Institute
• Robert Reilley, Director of Governmental Affairs, Enron Corporation
• Carl Wood, National Deregulation Coordinator, Utility Workers Union of America, AFL-CIO
  
  
• Linda Tarr-Whelan, President and CEO, Center for Policy Alternatives will moderate.

The Center for Policy Alternatives is the nationﾒs leading non-profit public policy and leadership development organization dedicated to community-based solutions that strengthen families and communities. CPA links leaders across the 50 states with private and non-profit sector leaders in the search for common ground, new ideas and resources to build solutions that work.

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