(Snowdate: Wednesday, March 7th)

Please join us for an educational forum on improving the reliability of our power supply.

• Why did the storm-related power outages last so long?
• What needs to be done to improve power reliability in the future?
• Is cutting down roadside trees the answer? Burying the lines the answer? Other?

  The outstanding panel of speakers includes:

• Joseph McGee, Chair of the Governor’s Two Storm Panel
• Jonathan Schrag, Deputy Commissioner for Energy, CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
• Eric Hammerling, Executive Director, CT Forest and Park Association
• Chris Roy, Engineering & Operations Manager, Concord Municipal Light Plant
• A representative of Connecticut Light & Power/Northeast Utilities

  Moderator:
  Kay Maxwell, former president of the League of Women Voters of the United States. Questions from the audience will follow the presentations.

  This event is sponsored by the League of Women Voters of Darien, Fairfield, Greenwich, New Canaan, Norwalk, and Stamford, and the Greenwich Tree Conservancy, Fairfield Forestry Committee, Stamford Tree Foundation and the Tree Conservancy of Darien.