Time For Marine Renewable Energy Funding

It’s time to write and call your elected representatives. Remember that e-mail, fax and phone are the three quickest ways to get your message across.

The below letter to your Member of Congress and Senators requests funding for Marine Renewables R&D. If you have any questions or need further information related to this letter or lobbying your elected Federal representatives, please call or e-mail any member of the OREC team.

Write and call your Senators and Representatives today!   The 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act authorized R&D programs for ocean renewable energy…now we need funding appropriated to get those programs funded above the President’s budget request of only $40 million. OREC has asked for $100 million in fiscal year 2011 to fund Department of Energy research and development and demonstration programs. These are critically needed funds for a young industry on the verge of becoming part of a reliable, affordable, clean energy mix.

Please support increased funding for ocean renewables!

Call and write your delegation. Ask them to support funding for ocean renewable technologies in the FY11  Energy and Water Appropriations bills.

Sincerely,

Your Ocean Renewable Team

Sean O’Neill (301) 325-5099                          soneill@symmetrix.biz

Carolyn Elefant (202) 297-6100                    loce@his.com

Damian Kunko (202) 467-5459 x229            damian@strategicmi.com

Scott Lindsay (360) 944-6654                        Scott@SMLConsulting.net

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Matt R. Simmons to Address GMREC III during Thursday, April 15th Luncheon

Matthew R. Simmons is Chairman Emeritus of Simmons & Company International, a specialized energy investment banking firm.  The firm has completed approximately 770 investment banking projects for its worldwide energy clients at a combined dollar value in excess of $140 billion.

Mr. Simmons was raised in Kaysville, Utah.  He graduated cum laude from the University of Utah and received an MBA with Distinction from Harvard Business School.  He served on the faculty of Harvard Business School as a Research Associate for two years and was a Doctoral Candidate.

Mr. Simmons began a small investment bank/advisory firm in Boston.  Among his early clients were several subsea service companies.  By 1973, almost all of his clients were oil service companies.  Following the 1973 Oil Shock, Simmons decided to create a Houston-based firm to concentrate on providing highest quality investment banking advice to the worldwide oil service industry.  Over time, the specialization expanded into investment banking covering all aspects of the global energy industry.

SCI’s offices are located in Houston, Texas; London, England; Boston, Massachusetts; Aberdeen, Scotland and Dubai, UAE.

In 2007, Mr. Simmons founded The Ocean Energy Institute in Mid-Coast Maine.  The Institute’s focus is to research and create renewable energy sources from all aspects of our oceans.

Simmons serves on the Board of Directors of Houston Technology Center (Houston) and the Center for Houston’s Future (Houston).  He also serves on The University of Texas’ M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Foundation Board of Visitors (Houston) and is a Trustee of the Bermuda Institute for Ocean Sciences.  In addition, he is past Chairman of the National Ocean Industry Association.  Mr. Simmons is a past President of the Harvard Business School Alumni Association and a former member of the Visiting Committee of Harvard Business School.  He is a member of the National Petroleum Council, Council on Foreign Relations and The Atlantic Council of the United States.  Mr. Simmons is a Trustee of the National Trust for Historic Preservation, The Island Institute and Farnsworth Art Museum in Maine.

Mr. Simmons’ recently published book Twilight in the Desert: The Coming Saudi Oil Shock and the World Economy has been listed on the Wall Street Journal’s best-seller list.  He has also published numerous energy papers for industry journals and is a frequent speaker at government forums, energy symposiums and in boardrooms of many leading energy companies around the world.

Mr. Simmons is married and has five daughters.  His hobbies include watercolors, cooking, writing and travel.

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