Events

Speakers included Richard Kauffman, Chairman of the New York State Energy Research & Development Agency and EIRP President Paul J. Saunders as well as Gavin Donohue, President and Chief Executive Officer, Independent Power Producers of New York; Joe Martens, Director, New York Offshore Wind Alliance, Alliance for Clean Energy New York; and Betta Broad, Director, New Yorkers for Clean Power, and Director, Advocacy & Organizing, Association for Energy Affordability.

EIRP’s Task Force on Indo-Pacific Energy Strategy released its final report, Advancing American Energy and Innovation in the Indo-Pacific Region, on May 13, 2021.

On November 18, 2020, EIRP President Paul J. Saunders moderated the second panel in a joint EIRP/Center for the National Interest series on great power technology competition.

On December 14, 2020, the Atlantic Council’s Global Energy Center and EIRP co-sponsored a webinar evaluating challenges and opportunities to U.S.-Japan and U.S.-South Korea cooperation on energy technology research and development.

On February 28, 2019, EIRP CEO Samuel Thernstrom testified during a hearing of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change. He assessed the Paris Agreement and presented his perspective on U.S. domestic energy and climate policy.