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A thought leader on climate change

PSEG has been an outspoken advocate for action to reduce carbon emissions. Read recent federal and state testimony, statements by PSEG executives, press and magazine articles. 


Federal and State Testimony

  • PSEG Chairman Ralph Izzo Testifies on Federal Transmission Policy - June 12, 2009 >>
  • Izzo Calls for National Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard  - February 10, 2009 >> 
  • PSE&G President Urges New Jersey Legislators to Support Renewable and Energy Efficient Investments to Weather Economic Storm - October 6, 2008 >>
  • PSEG Supports Quick Congressional Action on Clean Air in Wake of CAIR Vacature - July 29, 2008 >>
  • PSEG Executive Anne Hoskins Affirms Support for Energy Master Plan Goals  - July 10, 2008 >> 
  • PSEG Chairman Ralph Izzo Testifies Before Congress on Energy Independence and Global Warming - October 10, 2007
    (Go to EPA's Global Warming page)
    Ralph Izzo, President, Chairman and CEO of PSEG calls for a national cap and trade program and a regulatory framework that encourages investment in renewable energy and energy efficient technologies.     >> 
  • PSE&G Supports Strong Role for Utilities in Meeting State’s Aggressive Energy Efficiency Goals - September 5, 2007 >>
  • PSEG Says Energy Companies Have a Key Role In Addressing Climate Change In New Jersey - April 17, 2007
    Richard Thigpen, Vice President—State Government Affairs, and Donald McCloskey, Jr., Director – Environmental Strategy and Policy, testified before the Climate Change Hearing and pledged that their company intends to continue in a heightened leadership role in New Jersey.     >> 
  • PSEG Calls On Congress To Enact National CO2 Cap and Trade Program - March 29, 2007
    CEO Ralph Izzo tells House Subcommittee that setting market price for carbon is the key to addressing climate change issue. >> 
  • Testimony of Ralph Izzo, President and Chief Operating Officer, PSEG, Before the New Jersey State Assembly Committee On Telecommunications And Utilities - February 8, 2007 >> 
  • PSEG Supports Proposed Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) bill - December 6, 2006
    (Go to the RGGI Homepage at ww.rggi.org/home)
    Rick Thigpen, Vice President of State Governmental Affairs, testified on December 6, 2006 before the New Jersey Assembly Environment and Solid Waste Committee. He presented PSEG’s views on the proposed Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) legislation. >>

    
    "Climate change is the preeminent issue of our time. How we respond to climate change will define our company and our industry for decades to come."
-- Ralph Izzo, Chairman of the Board, President and Chief Executive Officer, PSEG

Speeches

  • Addressing Energy Conference, PSEG Chairman Says “Energy is the Public Works Project of our Time”  - October 17, 2008 >>
  • Ralph LaRossa - President & COO, PSE&G, Remarks from PSE&G’s Carbon Abatement Initiative Press Conference - December 6, 2007 >> 
  • Izzo Delivers Keynote Address To Clean Air-Cool Planet Global Warming & Energy Solutions Conference - October 12, 2007
    Ralph Izzo, PSEG chairman, president and CEO, today delivered the keynote address at Clean Air-Cool Planet‘s Global Warming & Energy Solutions conference in Manchester, New Hampshire. The two-day conference brought together business, labor and community leaders united in looking for real solutions to the problem of climate change.     >>  
  • Global Warming Response Act - June 21, 2007
    Statement on the passage of the Global Warming Response Act by Ralph Izzo, Chairman, President and CEO, PSEG.     >>  

Magazine articles

  • Green Nuclear Future - September 21, 2007
    Chairman and CEO Ralph Izzo discusses how nuclear stations can supply electricity with zero - or low-carbon emissions - and do so in abundance and throughout the calendar year.  From Forbes     >>