Thomas Farrell from Dominion Resources Kicks Off People+Planet=Profit

As many of you know, today was the first day of the Net Impact & Energy Club annual event: People+Planet=Profit: Rewriting the Business Equation. And what better way to begin things than with a Leadership Speaker Series talk from Thomas Farrell, CEO of Dominion Resources.

Mr. Farrell spoked to a packed crowd, giving a thought provoking and enlightening talk on the state of the energy industry the challenges and opportunities we face in looking towards a more sustainable and clean energy future.

He focused on talk on three main areas:

• Introduction to Dominion Resources: a large Virginia-based utility and power generation company with a long history of strong values and commitment to the community


• State of the energy industry: There is no silver bullet in the energy and carbon equation; a significant % of energy will continue to come from fossil fuels in order to meet energy demands. Instead, we all must look at a combiniation of resources, technologies, and potential innovations in order to drive change while still delivering on the much


• What it will take to create a sustainable energy future: we need a coherent energy policy that diversifies energy sources, thinks big, and take strong steps towards great efficiency and conservation.

It was a thoroughly enlightening talk, followed by great Q&A from an energized crowd. A transcript of Mr. Farrell's speech can be found here.

And please join us for some of the many great speakers and panels that we will be hosting over the next two days. For a full list of participants, as well as location and time info, please visit our event website.