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The Energy Task Force: New York’s Electricity Roadmap

As recent brownouts and blackouts illustrate, bringing power to the five boroughs is a constant infrastructure challenge. Chairman of the Energy Task Force and Executive Vice President of the NYC Economic Development Corporation (EDC) Gil Quinones will be joined by Kate Ascher, Executive Vice President of the EDC and author of The Works: Anatomy of a City (Penguin, 2005), to discuss how New York City is addressing power distribtion, energy supply, energy consumption, and the "electricity roadmap" for the future.

WHEN: Wednesday, Sept. 27, 2006, 6:30 p.m.

WHERE: Museum of the City of New York, 1220 Fifth Avenue at 103rd St.

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