Jason Makansi
President, Pearl Street, Inc.

Lights Out:
The Electricity Crisis, the Global Economy, and What it Means to You

Dinner and Talk

Thursday, May 8
6:30 p.m.
 
Kenwood Country Club
5601 River Road
Bethesda, MD

Directions and Parking | Registration | Questions?

Electricity is the foundation of our U.S. economy. Yet prices are going up and service is going down. Prolonged blackout and reliability events are more frequent. Infrastructure security development is bottled up in uncertainty--risks that no one seems willing to shoulder. Climate change and national security concerns add additional pressure on the industry. Existing assets are managed by a fragmented and balkanized institutional structure and being squeezed by questionable financial engineering objectives. Shorter and shorter term thinking and planning prevails. How we got to this state of affairs, and what a thinking electorate can do about it will be explored by Jason Makansi, long-time industry analyst and author of the 2007 book entitled "Lights Out," published by Wiley and Sons.

Jason Makansi, Executive Director of the Energy Storage Council and President of Pearl Street, Inc., is a Columbia University graduate in Chemical Engineering with two decades of experience evaluating the technological, business, and regulatory issues governing the entire electricity value chain.

Before founding Pearl Street Inc. in 2000, Jason served as Director, Power Generation for Myplant.com where his responsibilities included business development, sales, content marketing, and staff development. Under his direction, the Power Generation segment became one of the most vibrant and most visited industry web portals serving its market. As Editor-in-Chief of Power and Electric Power International magazines and contributing editor of Electrical World magazine, and during his 18-year tenure with The McGraw Hill Companies, Jason researched and analyzed every aspect of electricity generation. He is a seasoned entrepreneur, having launched and managed a variety of businesses related to the electrical production and delivery value chain.

DIRECTIONS AND PARKING

This event will be held at the Kenwood Country Club, 5601 River Road, Bethesda, MD. From the Beltway (I-495), use Exit 39, River Road. Go toward Washington; continue 2.8 miles. At the Springfield Drive stop light, turn left into Kenwood CC. There is plenty of free parking in the lots to the left and rear of the clubhouse. From DC, take Massachusetts Ave. NW to Westmoreland Circle at the DC line, turn right onto Western Avenue, turn left onto River Road, proceed to 5601 and turn right into Kenwood Club. Using mass transit take the Metro Red Line to Friendship Heights, then take the nine minute ride on the T2 Metrobus that leaves the station at 5:35, 5:57, and 6:15. For more specific driving directions, visit maps.google.com.

REGISTRATION

The price of this event is $42 for members and their guests, and $57 for non-members. Register using the coupon below. Club Partners may register via e-mail to cjo@alum.mit.edu. Registrations must be received by May 5.

QUESTIONS?

The event chair is Ken Gordon kengordon@alum.mit.edu. For registration questions please contact Cynthia O’Connell at cjo@alum.mit.edu or 202-657-2188.

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