UCLA to release study on city's solar energy potential at L.A. solar forum

Los Angeles policymakers, business leaders and energy experts will gather at the Los Angeles Business Council's Solar Forum to discuss a proposal for a cutting-edge solar energy plan for the city.

 

The event will feature the release of a study conducted by UCLA's Luskin Center for Innovation and the LABC outlining the ways in which Los Angeles is uniquely positioned to benefit from a well-designed "feed-in tariff" (FiT) solar program. Such a program, the study indicates, would help provide renewable energy, generate substantial economic growth and create jobs in a manner that is cost-effective for city ratepayers.

 

In addition, a coalition of business, environmental and community groups and other organizations will launch its campaign to enact a meaningful feed-in tariff program in Los Angeles. For more information on the coalition, visit www.solarfit4la.org.

The event will feature the following participants:

 

Los Angeles city councilwoman; chair of the council's Energy and Environment Committee

 

Chief deputy mayor, office of Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa

 

Professor of public policy, UCLA School of Public Affairs; director of UCLA's Luskin Center

 

President of the Los Angeles Business Council

 

Los Angeles County geographic information officer

 

Head of government relations for Solar World

 

Vice president of Majestic Realty

 

Founder of the FiT Coalition

 

Associate director of energy for Navigant Consulting Inc.

 

Executive director of the California Treasury Debt Limit Allocation Committee

WHEN: 

7:30–9:30 a.m., Thursday, July 8

(Media availability at 9:30 a.m.)
 
WHERE:

Los Angeles Convention Center, Meeting Room 400-AB
1201 South Figueroa Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015
 

News media planning to attend should to R.S.V.P. to Randy James at 310-689-7535 or randy@sugermangroup.com.

 

Minne Ho, UCLA School of Public Affairs | 310-916-8465 | mho@spa.ucla.edu