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AEE Applauds Passage of Landmark California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Bill Business group praises Assemblymember Ting for authoring and ushering AB 2127 through the legislative process. Sponsored by AEE, the bill will facilitate development of electric vehicle charging capability to support state goal of 5 million zero-emission vehicles*Note: Access the latest bill language and action including votes, via AEE’s PowerSuite Tool with a trial subscription. Complimentary permanent access available for credentialed press, just contact me after you sign in on trial and decide to keep. Reporters tell us they love this tool! About Advanced Energy Economy 

This in-depth PV Magazine article looks at the newly released Trump plan for loosening regulations on coal plants put into place the Obama administration.  Jeff Dennis, Advanced Energy Economy’s General Counsel for Regulatory Affairs, is quoted multiple times.  Link to the full article here. Excerpts below:

New proposal focuses on investments in old plants, ignores market-based approaches, proven cost-effective emissions reductions of advanced energy technologies that states could pursue

This Greentech Media article looks at the newly released Trump EPA plan to regulate carbon emissions that replaces the Obama administration's Clean Power Plan. AEE's Caitlin Marquis, manager of federal and state policy at Advanced Energy Economy is quoted multiple times throughout. Link to the full article here. Excerpts below:

This article from The Greeley Tribune covered the release of AEE’s recently revealed Colorado Jobs fact sheet. The article quotes AEE's J.R. Tolbert, vice president for state policy at Advanced Energy. Link to the full article here. Link to the press release for the facts sheet here. See excerpts below:

More Workers in Virginia Advanced Energy than in Grocery Stores, Double Those in Hotels and Motels

The Sacramento Bee published this opinion piece, "California plays a leading, effective role in confronting climate change," by Carl Guardino, CEO of the Silicon Valley Leadership Group, and a member of the California Transportation Commission. In his piece, Carl references AEE's newly released Calif. Jobs Fact Sheet figures, and highlights several priority bills in the Calif. legislature that AEE is advocating for. See excerpts below and read the entire piece here.

The Denver Post covered the release of AEE’s Colorado Jobs fact sheet in an Aug. 9 online story that also ran in print on Aug. 10. The online version includes a link to download the fact sheet. Both versions quote an AEE spokesperson and Phil Jordan, of BW Research, who oversaw the project, and references AEE members Johns Manville and Vestas in the context of the strong energy efficiency and wind jobs figures respectively. See excerpts below:

More Workers in Colorado Advanced Energy than in Hospitals, Triple Those in Agriculture — With 8% Growth Expected in 2018

Greentech Media's reporter filed this story about the financial challenges PG&E faces as a result of California's wildfires from AEE's Pathway to 2050 conference in Sacramento. While there, she covered remarks made by PG&E's Steve Malnight. See the entire story here and excerpts below: