{"id":5147,"date":"2014-08-19T10:38:14","date_gmt":"2014-08-19T15:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/midamericafreight.org\/?p=5147"},"modified":"2014-08-19T10:38:14","modified_gmt":"2014-08-19T15:38:14","slug":"quadrennial-energy-review-public-stakeholder-meeting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/2014\/08\/19\/quadrennial-energy-review-public-stakeholder-meeting\/","title":{"rendered":"Quadrennial Energy Review Public Stakeholder Meeting"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wistrans.org\/cfire\/documents\/Ernie_Perry_web.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"100\" height=\"150\" \/><br \/>\nOn August 8, 2014 MAFC program manager Ernie Perry\u00a0spoke on a panel at the US Department of Energy Quadrennial Energy Review Public Stakeholder Meeting, which included USDOT Secretary Anthony Foxx, DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Jo-Ellen Darcy, and John Holdren, Director of the President&#8217;s Office of Science and Technology Policy.<br \/>\n&#8220;The DOE energy review was an excellent opportunity to raise awareness about the multimodal freight systems in the MAFC\u00a0region, the issues facing freight development in our region, and how state DOTs are responding to the increasing demands on\u00a0our freight systems,&#8221; said Perry. &#8220;To see the Secretaries of Transportation\u00a0and Energy, the Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works), and the Director of\u00a0the President&#8217;s Office of\u00a0 Science and\u00a0Technology Policy opening the listening session certainly is a tribute to the significance of the changes occurring now and in the\u00a0immediate future with these new fuel supplies.&#8221;<br \/>\nPerry joined experts from state DOTs (including Kevin Schoeben from the Illinois DOT), professional organizations, power cooperatives, and others to comment on rail, truck, and barge transportation and its importance to the energy transportation system.<br \/>\n&#8220;The new energy economy is a game changer and is absorbing capacity from all freight modes,&#8221; said Perry. &#8220;Our region&#8217;s ability to keep up\u00a0with the demand for fuels, ensure safety in these moves, and ensure continued service for other commodities and goods will\u00a0largely dictate our ability to leverage this new market for economic and transportation development in the MAASTO region.&#8221;<br \/>\nFor more information about this listening session (including participant statements and presentations), visit <a href=\"http:\/\/energy.gov\/epsa\/downloads\/qer-public-meeting-chicago-il-rail-barge-truck-transportation-0\">Energy.gov<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On August 8, 2014 MAFC program manager Ernie Perry\u00a0spoke on a panel at the US Department of Energy Quadrennial Energy Review Public Stakeholder Meeting, which included USDOT Secretary Anthony Foxx, DOE Secretary Ernest Moniz, Assistant Secretary of the Army (Civil Works) Jo-Ellen Darcy, and John Holdren, Director of the President&#8217;s Office of Science and Technology [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-events"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5147","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wwwtest.midamericafreight.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}