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April 10, 2012
The Honorable Lisa Jackson
U.S Environmental Protection Agency
1200 Pennsylvania Ave NW
Washington, DC 20460
Attn: Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2011-0660
Dear Administrator Jackson,
As members of Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), we are writing to express our appreciation and strong support for the Environmental Protection Agency’s proposal to establish a Carbon Pollution Standard for New Power Plants. As business leaders, we recognize that carbon pollution is a daunting threat to our economy, but that the solutions to this threat present a historic opportunity for economic growth. This standard is an essential step towards spurring innovation and investment in low-carbon, high-efficiency technologies and we are proud to support this proposal.
E2 is a non-partisan, national community of business leaders who promote strong environmental policy to grow the economy. We are entrepreneurs, investors, and professionals from every sector of the economy who collectively have been involved in financing, creating or working in the early development of more than 1,100 companies, which have created over 500,000 jobs. Our members manage over $90 billion in private equity capital that will flow over the next several years into new companies.
Over the last decade economic trends have shown that the U.S. must transition to a clean energy economy to remain competitive in the global marketplace. The expanding clean energy sector represents our greatest opportunity to restore a robust economy and create millions of new jobs. Just last week the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced that the U.S. now has over 3 million green jobs or 2.4% of total employment. Meanwhile, the environmental technology sector, which includes renewable energy, alone accounts for more than $300 billion in revenues, and 1.7 million jobs.
Unfortunately, there are still billions of investment dollars waiting on the sidelines instead of being invested in clean energy innovation because of uncertainty in federal energy policy. Investors and entrepreneurs seeking to commercialize the innovations that will secure America’s position in the global economy now have a clear signal that will drive investments toward domestic clean energy industries, putting currently sidelined dollars to work and creating new American jobs in the process.
While this rule applies only to new power plants, the Clean Air Act requires EPA to set limits for existing power plants and we support EPA moving forward to address this responsibility. Our experience has shown that investments in cleaner technologies and greater efficiency are a pathway toward prosperity and economic growth and will help us avoid the negative impacts to our economy from climate change.
Once again we strongly support the proposed Carbon Pollution Standard and thank you for its proposal.
Sincerely,
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Curtis Abbott (California)
CEO, Lucesco Lighting Inc
Maryvonne Abbott (California)
Dan Abrams (California)
President/CEO, Cross River Pictures
Clifford Adams (New York)
Managing Director, Coady Diemar Partners
Adam Albright (Oregon)
ARIA Foundation
Rachel Albright (Oregon)
Steven Anderson (Virginia)
Brigadier General (Ret), US Army; Chief Marketing Officer, Relyant LLC
Channing Arndt (Colorado)
Professor, Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen
Christopher Arndt (New York)
Patty Arndt (New York)
Jay Baldwin (Massachusetts)
Partner, Wind River Capital Partners, LLC
Constance Barbour (Massachusetts)
Silkscreen Printer, Migrantwinds
Dora Barlaz Hanft (New York)
Environmental Science Teacher, Horace Mann School
Patricia Bauman (District of Columbia)
Co-director, Bauman Foundation
Jeff Bennett (Colorado)
Founder, Big Kid Science
Lisa Bennett (Colorado)
Laura Berland-Shane (California)
Director, Utility Markets - West, Comverge
Tony Bernhardt, PhD (California)
Northern California Director, Environmental Entrepreneurs
Aron Bernstein (Massachusetts)
Professor of physics, MIT
Larry Birenbaum (California)
Former SVP, Cisco Systems
Maureen Blanc (California)
Director, CHARGE ACROSS TOWN
David Bowen (California)
Consultant
Diane Brinkmann (Colorado)
John Bryant (District of Columbia)
Reid Buckley (California)
Principal, Orion Renewable Energy Group
Marisa Bueno (Montana)
Doctoral Student, Stanford University
Selcuk Cakir (California)
MSD Capital
Dianne Callan (Massachusetts)
Independent Legal Consulting, Green Tech Legal
Bill Capp (Florida)
Founder, Grid Storage Consulting
Peter Carson (California)
Partner, Bingham McCutchen LLP
Priscilla Carson (California)
Steve Chadima (California)
Senior Vice President, Communications & Director of California Initiatives, AEE Advanced Energy Economy
John Cheney (California)
CEO, Silverado Power, LLC
David Cheng (California)
Co-Founder & CEO, VendorStack
Stacie Cheng (California)
Director of Business Strategy and Operations, Dell
Roger Choplin (California)
Proprietor / Owner, Our Earth Music, Inc.
Diane Christensen (California)
President, Manzanita Management Corp
Tom Cole (California)
CEO, Consuming, Inc.
Brooke Coleman (Washington)
Assistant Professor, Seattle University Law School
Ann Colley (New York)
Executive Director, The Moore Charitable Foundation
Valerie Conn (California)
Catherine Crystal Foster (California)
Consultant, Policy & Advocacy Consulting
Andrew Currie (Colorado)
Investor, Active Minds LLC
Mary Ann Cusenza (California)
Paul Danielsen (California)
VP Business Development, MMA Renewable Ventures
Lynne David (California)
Jayne Davis (California)
Peter Davis (California)
Retired Attorney
Wayne Davis (Massachusetts)
Co-Founder, Vice President of Government Affairs, Harvest Power Inc.
John Dawson (California)
Co-founder, Zentek Technology
Rick DeGolia (California)
Partner, Exigen Capital
Andrew Deitz (California)
Co Founder, Climate Earth
Michael Delapa (California)
DeLapa Consulting
Anne Delehunt (California)
Marketing Consultant, Delehunt-Ricketts
Chris Dennett (Oregon)
Systems & Analytics Manager, Account Management, Regence
Heather Dennett (Oregon)
Physical Therapist, Kaiser Permanente
Harry Dennis (California)
Pediatrician, Palo Alto Medical Clinic
Peggy Dennis (California)
Reid Dennis (California)
Managing Director, Institutional Venture Partners
Susan Dennis (California)
Fine Arts Advisor, Self-employed
James Donoghue (New York)
Elizabeth Dreicer (California)
CEO, KUITY Corp
Patricia Durham (California)
Scott Elliott (Washington)
CEO, MountainLogic
Bob Epstein (California)
Co-founder, Sybase, New Resource Bank, Environmental Entrepreneurs
Christina Erickson (California)
Founder, Green by Design
Homeyra Eshaghi (California)
Lynn Feintech (California)
Anne Feldhusen (California)
Kacey Fitzpatrick (California)
President, Avalon Enterprises Inc
Jon Foster (California)
Chief Financial Officer, LS9
Karen Francis (California)
CEO, Academix Direct, Inc
Nell Freudenberger (New York)
Erin Geegan (Colorado)
President, Zam Energy, LLC
Bonnie Gemmell (California)
GoFavo
Rob Gemmell (California)
Co-founder, AlikeList
Jonathan Gensler (New York)
Project Developer - Federal Markets, Borrego Solar Systems, Inc
Devon George (New York)
President, DMV Capital Corp
Tushar Gheewala (California)
CEO & Chairman, Inventions Outsource
Brian Gilligan (Virginia)
Founder, Bande Services, LLC
Nancy Gail Goebner (California)
Gardenpeach Place
Mitchell Golden (New York)
Principal, Jun Group
Susan Goldhor (Massachusetts)
Biologist, C.A.R.S.
Ken Goldsholl (California)
CEO, x.o.ware, Inc.
Nancy Goldsholl (California)
Lorena Gonda Kiralla (California)
Tom Haggin (California)
Co-Founder, Sybase and Tilden Park Software
Vicki Haggin (California)
Doug Hammer (California)
John Harper (Massachusetts)
Principal, Birch Tree Capital, LLC
Jordan Harris (California)
Founder, OZOcar
Julie Harris (California)
Berl Hartman (Massachusetts)
E2 New England Chapter Director, Hartman Consulting
Hyman Hartman (Massachusetts)
Research Scientist, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Laura Hattendorf (California)
Paula Hawthorn, PhD (California)
Carol Hazenfield (California)
Alan Herzig (California)
Independent Director
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Partner, Lakeside Enterprises
Jill Tate Higgins (California)
General Partner, Lakeside Enterprises
Shiela Hingorani (California)
First Vice President- Wealth Management , Morgan Stanley Smith Barney
Jerry Hinkle (California)
Manager, Office of Federal Housing Enterprise Oversight
Rick Holmstrom (California)
Partner & Vice Chairman, Menlo Equities
Robin Hruska (Washington)
Art Teacher, Blakely Elementary School
Eric Hudson (Massachusetts)
Founder & CEO, Preserve
Tom Jacoby (California)
CEO, Tymphany Corporation
Jeni James Arndt (Colorado)
Director, Office of Field Experience, Walden University
Leigh Johnson (California)
Dir. of Programs, Stanford Precourt Institute for Energy
Roy Johnson (California)
CEO, EcoFactor
Fred Julander (Colorado)
President, Julander Energy Company
Charlene Kabcenell (California)
Former Vice President, Oracle Corporation
Derry Kabcenell (California)
Former Executive Vice President, Oracle Corporation
Suparna Kadam (New Jersey)
Jerome Kalur (Montana)
Attorney at Law
Raymond Kane (Massachusetts)
Member, Cape Cod Commercial Hook Fisherman's Association
Christopher Kaneb (Massachusetts)
Principal, Catamount Management Corporation
Timothy David Karsten (California)
TDKA Group
Andy Kau (California)
Holly Kaufman (California)
CEO, Environment & Enterprise Strategies
Robert Keith (Montana)
Partner, Beartooth Capital Partners
Arthur Keller (California)
Managing Partner, Minerva Consulting
Marie Kent (Oregon)
Ro Khanna (California)
Of Counsel, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich and Rosati
Steven Kiralla (California)
Karinna Kittles Karsten (California)
Bob Klausner (California)
Charly Kleissner (California)
Co-Founder, KL Felicitas Foundation
Lisa Kleissner (California)
KL Felicitas Foundation
Charles Knowles (California)
Executive Director, Wildlife Conservation Network
Stephanie Knowles (California)
Stephen Koch (California)
Portfolio Manager, AIG Global Real Estate
Catherine Korsant (Florida)
Philip Korsant (Florida)
Managing Member, Korsant Partners
Felix Kramer (California)
Founder, California Cars Initiative
Chip Krauskopf (California)
Chief Operating Officer, Chromasun Inc.
Susan Labandibar (Massachusetts)
President, Tech Networks of Boston
Gina Lambright (California)
Managing Partner, TOZ Consulting
Nicole Lederer (California)
Co-Founder, Environmental Entrepreneurs
Waidy Lee (California)
Grace Lee Park (Oregon)
Rochelle Lefkowitz (California)
President, Pro-Media Communications
Sam Leichman (California)
Co-Founder, LivingPlug
Craig Lewis (California)
Founding Principal, RightCycle & CLEAN Coalition
Shannon Lewis (California)
Florence W. Liddell (New York)
Environmental Advocate
Mark Liffmann (Washington)
Vice President of Business Development, Clean Power Research
John Loewy (Colorado)
Attorney
Polly Loewy (Colorado)
Paul Logan (New York)
Vice President, Jones Lang LaSalle
Alison Long Poetsch (California)
Principal, SHR Investments
Tracy Lyons (California)
Singer-Songwriter, Mythic Records LLC
Steve MacKay (California)
Principal, Scourie Network Partners
Joe Madden (California)
CEO, EOS Climate
Andrew Magee (Massachusetts)
Senior Consultant, Epsilon Associates
Marguerite Manteau-Rao (California)
Entrepreneur, blogger
Drew Maran (California)
President, Drew Maran Construction, Inc.
Emily Marciniak (Virginia)
Consultant, Om Direct
Ryan Martens (Colorado)
Founder, CTO & CSO, Rally Software Development
Wynn Martens (Colorado)
Outreach, University of Colorado
Christine Martin (California)
Clinical Nurse Specialist, San Francisco General Hospital
Nancy McCarter-Zorner (California)
Plant Pathologist
Bill McClure (California)
Attorney/Partner, Jorgenson, Siegel, McClure & Flegel LLP
Christina McClure (California)
Community Volunteer
Lisa Mihaly (California)
Family Nurse Practitioner
Dan Miller (California)
Managing Director, The Roda Group
David Miller (Massachusetts)
Executive Managing Director, Clean Energy Venture Group
Karen Miller (Massachusetts)
President, Belly Shmooze
Carol Moné (California)
Producer, Our Earth Productions
John Montgomery (California)
Chairman, Montgomery & Hansen, LLP
Linda Montgomery (California)
David Moyar (New York)
President & CEO, MEI Hotels Inc.
Liz Muller (California)
Director of Sustainability, U.S. Biodiesel Group
Emilie Munger Ogden (California)
Gib Myers (California)
Partner Emeritus, Mayfield Fund and Founder/board of the Entrepreneurs Foundation
Susan Myers (California)
Ed Nammour (New York)
Armand Neukermans (California)
Founder, Xros
Eliane Neukermans (California)
Carrie Norton (California)
Founder & CEO, Green Business BASE CAMP
Tori Nourafchan (California)
Kathy Nyrop (California)
Consultant
Anne O'Grady (California)
Standish O'Grady (California)
Managing Director, Granite Ventures, LLC
Doug Ogden (California)
CEO, North Ridge Investment Management
Larry Orr (California)
Managing Partner, Trinity Ventures
Michael Brian Orr (Washington)
Senior Computer Scientist, Adobe Systems
Nina Orville (New York)
Lyn Oswald (California)
E2 Membership Director
Jim Panttaja (California)
Vice President, Corporate Development, RebelVox
Mary Panttaja (California)
Vice President, Product Management, RebelVox
Peter Papesch (Massachusetts)
Architect, Papesch Associates
Eric Park (Oregon)
Director, Ziba Design
| Neela Patel (California)
Director, Biology, Poniard Pharmaceuticals
Jim Patton (California)
Trade Counsel, Apple
Matt Peak (California)
Director of Clean Technologies, Prize Capital, LLC.
Sam Perry (California)
President, Ascendance Ventures
Jean Pierret (California)
Jeff Poetsch (California)
Principal, JCP Advisors
Christopher Pribe (California)
Prad Rao (California)
Investor
David Readerman (California)
Senior Investment Analyst, Marsico Capital Management
Jennifer Regan (California)
Global Sustainability Director, AEG
Grant Ricketts (California)
Co-Founder and VP Business Development, Saba
Kate Ridgway (California)
John Robbins (North Carolina)
President, Greathorn Properties, Inc.
James Rogers (California)
Visionary, Ride350
Martin Roscheisen (California)
David Rosenheim (California)
Executive Director, The Climate Registry
Jackie Rosenheim (California)
David Rosenstein (California)
President, Intex Solutions
Joan Rossetti (Massachusetts)
Chair, Environmental Affairs Committee of the Prudential Center Residents' Association
Amy Roth (California)
Jacqueline Royce (Massachusetts)
Independent Scholar
Paul Royce (Massachusetts)
Independent Scholar
Karen Rucker (Colorado)
President, ByHandConsulting
Michael Rucker (Colorado)
CEO, Juwi Wind, LLC
Julie Rudick (California)
Stuart Rudick (California)
Partner, Mindful Investors, LLC
Carina Ryan (California)
Amy Santullo (California)
California Clean Tech Open, Downtown College Prep Scholarship Committee
Michael Santullo (California)
Co-Founder and Board Member, California Clean Tech Open
Guy Saperstein (California)
Saperstein Goldstein Demchak & Baller
Jeanine Saperstein (California)
Ella Saunders (Massachusetts)
Tedd Saunders (Massachusetts)
Co-Owner, The Saunders Hotel Group
Eric Schmidt (California)
Executive Chairman, Google
Wendy Schmidt (California)
Founder, The 11th Hour Project
David Schwartz (California)
James Schwartz (Massachusetts)
Vice President, Independence Solar
Lauren Scott (California)
Paul B. Scott (California)
Vice President, Advanced Technologies, Transportation Power Inc
Linda Scott Cummings (Colorado)
Director, Paleo Research Institute
Lt Gen (ret) Noman Seip (Virginia)
Owner, NS Solutions, LLC
Joel Serface (Colorado)
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Clean Range Ventures
Cynthia Sexton (California)
Tim Sexton (California)
Founder & CEO, The Sexton Company
Reid Shane (California)
Producer/Partner, Frequency Films
Steve Silberstein (California)
Co-founder, Innovative Interfaces Inc.
Barbara Simons (California)
Research Staff Member, Retired, IBM Research
Jon Slangerup (California)
CEO, NEI Treatment Systems, LLC
Amy Slater (California)
Sandra Slater (California)
Owner, Sandra Slater Environments
Jennifer Solow (California)
Author
Irene Stillings (California)
President, U.S. Green Chamber of Commerce
Marc Stolman (California)
Attorney, Stolman Law office, E2 Climate Project Leader
Ed Supplee (California)
Former CFO, UTStarcom
Sally Supplee (California)
Former Chief Financial Officer, various companies
Jim Sweeney (Massachusetts)
President, Sustainable New Energy
Sven Thesen (California)
Communication & Technology, Better Place
L. S. Thorne (Connecticut)
Mike Thorne (Connecticut)
Todd Thorner (California)
Exec Vice President, Foresight Wind
Cariad Thronson (California)
CEO, Forefront Communications
Robert Thronson (California)
VP Business Development, Vigilent
Mike Ubell (California)
Architect, Oracle
Roger Ullman (New York)
Executive Director, Linden Trust for Conservation
Bill Unger (California)
Partner Emeritus, Mayfield Fund
Mark Vander Ploeg (California)
Kirby Walker (California)
Independent film/video producer
Alex Wall (Oregon)
Director of Consulting, Discover-e Legal, LLC
Bill Weihl (California)
Sustainability guru, Facebook
Jeffrey Weiss (Rhode Island)
Member, Clean Energy Venture Group
Dave Welch (California)
Chief Technology Officer, Infinera Corporation
Heidi Welch (California)
Haskell Werlin (Massachusetts)
Solar Project Developer, SolarPowerPartners
Alexa Willson (New York)
Principal, Bessemer Trust
David Willson (New York)
President, Stanbridge Capital
Trevor Winnie (Oregon)
Senior Research Analyst, Clean Edge
Andrew Winston (Connecticut)
Founder, Winston Eco-Strategies
Christine Winston (Connecticut)
Tonia Wisman (California)
Ion Yadigaroglu (California)
Managing Partner, Capricorn Investment Group
Carroll Yandell (California)
George Yandell (California)
Director of Real Estate, Nature Conservancy
Mary M. Yang (California)
Scientist and Entrepreneur
Daniel Yost (California)
Partner, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP
Stephanie Yulga Deitz (California)
Head of Lower School, Hillbrook
Rosamund Zander (Massachusetts)
Chairman, Independent Design Center for the Environment
Margaret Zankel (California)
Martin Zankel (California)
Emeritus Chairman, Bartko, Zankel, Tarrant & Miller
Paul Zorner (California)
Chairman, Kuehnle AgroSystems
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