National Press Club "MORNING NEWSMAKER" News Conference with NRG Energy President & CEO David Crane

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Mar 10, 2010, 11:20 ET

Thursday, April 8, 2010, 10 a.m.

National Press Club (Zenger Room)

WASHINGTON, March 10 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- NRG Energy President & CEO David Crane, a member of the Electrification Coalition (EC), will release the results of a detailed macroeconomic analysis and state-by-state economic impact of the implementing EC's Electrification Roadmap on Thursday, April 8, at 10:00 a.m. in the National Press Club's Zenger Room, 13th floor, National Press Building, 529 14th St., N.W., Washington, DC.

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The Roadmap, released last November, detailed the dangers of oil dependence, explained the benefits of electrification, described the challenges facing electric cars, and provided specific policy proposals to overcome those challenges. The EC is a nonpartisan, not-for-profit group of business leaders committed to promoting policies and actions that facilitate the deployment of electric vehicles on a mass scale, in order to combat the economic, environmental, and national security dangers caused by our nation's dependence on petroleum.

SOURCE National Press Club