Edison Electric Institute
The Edison Electric
Institute (EEI) is the trade association representing investor-owned electric
utilities. Its member companies represent approximately 79 percent of all the electricity
in the country and service 76 percent of all consumers. EEI represents its members
primarily for Congress, federal agencies, and other organizations when electric utility
interests are at issue or at stake.
EEI has developed a policy position on pollution prevention programs that states:
"We believe that the goal of Pollution Prevention programs should be to use
technically feasible and cost effective methods to eliminate or reduce release of
hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminates, thus reducing hazards to public health
and the environment." Methods of accomplishing this goal include: (1) source
reduction and product substitution, (2) recovery, recycling, byproduct use and/or reuse of
materials, (3) environmentally sound treatment and/or disposal, and (4) efficient
generation and use of energy including development of new technologies that result in
environmentally beneficial impacts.
EEI sponsors workshops for its member companies and develops case studies. The
Pollution Prevention (P2) Subcommittee operates under the Environment and Energy
Committee. The Subcommittee is charged to monitor and affect P2 activities being
undertaken by the government and private sectors. The group also makes P2 policy
recommendations and provides the rest of EEI's membership appropriate P2 information.
For more information contact:
Alice Mayer
Environmental Program Manager
Edison Electric Institute
701 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.
Washington, DC 20004-2696
(202) 508-5710
fax (202) 508-5150
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