Edison Electric
Thomas R. Kuhn
President

May 10, 2017

 

The Honorable Ryan Zinke, Secretary
US. Department of the Interior

1949 Street, N.W.

Washington, DC. 20460

Dear Mr. Secretary:

On behalf of the Board of Directors of the Edison Electric Institute, I would like to invite you to
address the opening general session of our upcoming EEI Annual Convention on the morning of
Monday, June 12, at the Boston Marriott Copley Place, in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Edison Electric Institute is the trade association for the nation? 5 investor-owned electric
power companies, and our members deliver electricity to 220 million customers in all 50 states

and the District of Columbia. Our Annual Convention is one of the industry?s premier
conference venues, attracting some 1,000 delegates whose ranks include senior-level industry
executives, vendors, thought leaders and policymakers.

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morning. Our opening session will also feature a presentation by Andy McAfee, the co-director 
ot the MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, and another prominent speaker to be con?rmed
shortly. As a planning matter, our Annual Convention IS open to coverage by credentialed news
media.

 

Thank you for your consideration of this request, Secretary Zinke. Please don?t hesitate to
contact me at 202-508?5555 or tkuhn@eei.org if you have any questions.

Sincerely,


Thomas R. uhn

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701 Avenue, NW I Washington, DC 20004-2696