Letter to the president from John Podesta, T. Boone Pickens, and Majority Leader Harry Reid on the need to rebuild our economy on the foundation of clean, domestic, renewable, and efficient energy by rewiring the national transmission grid.

This event honed in on the key decisions facing Congress and the Obama administration as they took up the challenge of rebuilding America’s electricity infrastructure.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, T. Boone Pickens and John Podesta Release Letter to President Barack Obama Urging Action on Clean-Energy Infrastructure

Major leaders from government, business, labor and non-governmental organizations agreed today on four key recommendations to reform U.S. energy policy. These principles would boost new renewable energy production, transmission and distribution and reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil. These leaders included Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, Secretary of Energy Steven Chu, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar, energy executive T. Boone Pickens, Center for American Progress Action Fund President John Podesta, and Vice President Al Gore among others.

NCEP Building the New Economy: Press Conference Video