Energy Department to Retain Renewable Energy Lab Contractor; Senior Energy Department Officials to Attend Signing Ceremony

4/12/2004

From: Tom Welch of Department of Energy, 202-586-5806

News Advisory:

Senior Energy Department Officials to Attend Signing Ceremony April 13

BACKGROUND:

Deputy Secretary of Energy Kyle McSlarrow and Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy David Garman will visit the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Golden, Colo., April 13 for a contract-signing ceremony. The Energy Department will exercise the option for the remaining four years of the management and operating contract with Midwest Research Institute of Kansas City, Mo., in partnership with Battelle Memorial Institute of Columbus, Ohio.

WHO:

Deputy Energy Secretary Kyle McSlarrow and Assistant Secretary David Garman

WHAT: Signing ceremony to exercise option for laboratory management and operating contract with Midwest Research Institute and Battelle

WHEN: 3 p.m., April 13

WHERE:

Solar Energy Research Facility, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, Golden, Colo.