WASHINGTON, DC--(Marketwire - April 9, 2009) - CleanSkies.tv, a web-based broadcast news organization focused exclusively on energy and the environment, has joined the Council on Competitiveness as the official media partner of the Energy, Security, Innovation & Sustainability Initiative's Regional Summit Series. On April 15th, CleanSkies.tv will provide coverage of the Eastern Regional Summit including live reports on its newscasts. On April 19th, it will be featured on "CleanSkies Sunday," which airs in Washington, D.C. on WJLA at 9:30 a.m. ET.

Who: The Council on Competitiveness; Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; and Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) will host the Council on Competitiveness Eastern Regional Energy Summit.

New Jersey Governor Jon S. Corzine will keynote the event. Additional participants include Ralph Izzo, President and CEO of PSEG; Richard L. McCormick, President of Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey; Dominic Pileggi, President and CEO of Thomas & Betts Corporation; Shirley Ann Jackson, Vice Chair of the Council on Competitiveness and President of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; and Deborah L. Wince-Smith, president of the Council on Competitiveness.

What: The event will focus on the rollout of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) and the use of energy-efficiency measures at scale to help meet RGGI's emissions targets. The New Jersey summit is part of a series of regional energy summits that will take place across the country throughout 2009. The series will culminate with the Council on Competitiveness' National Energy Summit & International Dialogue in Washington, D.C. this fall.

Where:  Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
        126 College Avenue,
        New Brunswick, New Jersey

When:   April 15, 2009

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