The educational forum is free and open to the public. Parking is available at the center, at the Municipal Parking garage on Sandoval Street two blocks south of the center, or on-street. Included in the forum are panel discussions moderated by Robert Schwartz, a state Public Utilities Commission commissioner. Kicking off the forum will be an overview of the electric power industry in New Mexico by panelists State Sen. Michael Sanchez, D-Valencia County, Dan Adamson of the Department of Energy, Wayne Shirley, chairman of the New Mexico Public Utilities Commission, industry representatives, and consumer and environmental advocates. The workshop is the third the Laboratory has sponsored on environmental sustainability issues, said Ware Hartwell of Los Alamos' Environmental Management Program Office.
Sustainability is about preserving choices for future generations.
As New Mexico confronts the opportunities associated with deregulation, people in the community must understand the issues and alternatives . . . This series of 'shared learning' events is the cornerstone to the efforts of the task force and other self-motivated working groups formed spontaneously as a result of these events. Those attending the forum also can take part in a survey on how the electric power industry should be deregulated. The survey results will be provided to the State Legislature, said Hartwell. For more information, call Inez Salazar of Los Alamos' Environmental Management Program Office at 667-0195.