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City of Pittsburgh's 2020 - 2021 Energy Planning, featuring Mayor Bill Peduto

On Dec. 10, the Wilton E. Scott Institute for Energy Innovation will showcase Mayor Bill Peduto and the City of Pittsburgh’s new and developing strategy for energy infrastructure and performance.

As a city of over 300,000 people at the center of a region of 2.5 million people, Pittsburgh has already begun to experience the effects of climate change with harsher winters, hotter summers, record setting precipitation, flooding, and increased numbers of invasive species. Coordinated, concentrated, and comprehensive carbon mitigation action is needed to reduce the severity of regional impacts and to prepare for a future with a low carbon economy.

To address these challenges, Pittsburgh, in partnership with local universities and utilities, has created a number of plans and initiatives, including a comprehensive Energy Strategy, a Climate Action Plan, and an Energy Master Plan for Publicly-Owned Facilities– all of which aim to moderate the climate crisis through reducing pollution and carbon emissions. These efforts will collectively kick start the green transition and create new green job possibilities in Pittsburgh and the southwestern Pennsylvania region.

Join the City of Pittsburgh and CMU's Scott Institute for Energy Innovation with other local university and utility partners for three panels to showcase energy efforts from 2020 and opportunities for 2021 and beyond.

Agenda

10am Welcome by CMU Scott Institute for Energy Innovation Executive Director Anna J. Siefken

10:10am Address by Mayor William Peduto, City of Pittsburgh

10:20am Stage Setting by City of Pittsburgh Chief Resilience Officer and Assistant Director of the Division of Sustainability and Resilience, Grant Ervin

10:40am City of Pittsburgh Sustainability Update featuring:

• Derek Dauphin, Senior Planner – City of Pittsburgh
• Flore Marion, Energy Advisor, Office of Sustainability – City of Pittsburgh
• Sarah Yeager, Climate and Energy Planner, Office of Sustainability – City of Pittsburgh
• Kathrine Mønsted (moderator) – Danish District Energy Advisory (DDEA)

11am Utilities Panel featuring:

• Elizabeth Cook, Senior Manager, System Planning (Transmission and Distribution)– Duquesne Light Company
• Jim Lodge, Vice President, Strategy and Business Development – Clearway Energy
• Tony Young, Vice President, Facilities, Planning, and Operations – Carnegie Museums of Pittsburgh; Bellefield Coop
• Anna J. Siefken (moderator) - Carnegie Mellon University

11:25am Universities Panel featuring:

• Rod Dobish, Associate Vice President and Chief Facilities Officer – Duquesne University

• Steve Guenther, Assistant Vice President for Facilities Management and Campus Services & University Engineer – Carnegie Mellon University
• Scott Bernotas, Associate Vice Chancellor, Facilities Management – University of Pittsburgh
• Grant Ervin (moderator) - City of Pittsburgh

11:50am Wrap Up & Thank You by Grant Ervin and Anna J. Siefken

12pm Event Concludes