<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">We are pleased to announce a seminar featuring Joseph Kelliher, Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, followed by commentary from FERC Commissioner Jon Wellinghoff. For more information, please</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"> contact Jameson Twomey at </font><a href="mailto:jtwomey@mit.edu" title="mailto:jtwomey@mit.edu" style="text-decoration: underline; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">jtwomey@mit.edu</font></a><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">. We hope you will join us.</font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">**************</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>Energy Policy and Technology</b></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font><span style=""><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>Joseph T. Kelliher, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission</b></font></span></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>With commentary by Commissioner Jon Wellinghoff</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Date: <b>Friday, September 19, 2008</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Time: <b>4:00 PM [Reception follows]</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Location: <b>Room E51-325 (Tang Center), 70 Memorial Dr.</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Sponsor: <b>MIT Energy Initiative</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><br></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0pt; margin-right: 0pt; margin-left: 0pt; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>Abstract</b></font></div></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
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text-autospace:none"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">In his talk, Chairman Kelliher will discuss the relationship
between technology and energy policy, how technological developments force
change in policy, and how technological limits constrain energy policy options,
with a focus on electricity competition policy and climate change. </font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-pagination:none;mso-layout-grid-align:none;
text-autospace:none"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><b>About the speaker</b></font><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000"><o:p></o:p></font></p>
<div class="MsoNormal"><font class="Apple-style-span" color="#000000">Joseph T. Kelliher serves as Chairman of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission. He served as a Commissioner from 2003 until President
Bush appointed him Chairman in 2005. Chairman Kelliher has an extensive
record of public service, including positions such as Senior Policy Advisor to
Department of Energy Secretary Spencer Abraham; member of the Bush/Cheney
transition team; and majority Counsel to the House Committee on
Commerce. He also has considerable experience in the private sector,
including roles such as Counsel for a major law firm and representing interests
of a large public utility and a nuclear power trade association.</font><o:p></o:p></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div><div class="MsoNormal">Jon Wellinghoff is a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He is an energy law specialist with more than 30 years experience in the field. Before joining FERC, he was in private practice and focused exclusively on client matters related to renewable energy, energy efficiency and distributed generation. While in the private sector, Commissioner Wellinghoff represented an array of clients from federal agencies, renewable developers, and large consumers of power to energy efficient product manufacturers and clean energy advocacy organizations.</div><div class="MsoNormal"><br></div>
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