"Restructuring means you'll be able to pick your own power supplier. So if you want to choose renewable energy, for the first time in history you'll be able to do that."

Ralph Cavanagh is a senior attorney at NRDC and co-director of the Energy Program. He serves on the U.S. Secretary of Energy's Advisory Board and is Vice Chair of the Coalition on Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Technologies (CEERT), which unites representatives of the environmental, energy efficiency and renewable energy communities. He is also a founding board member of the Northwest Conservation Act Coalition and of E-Source, a Colorado-based energy services company.

Ralph's awards include the Heinz Award for Public Policy and the Bonneville Power Administration's Award for Exceptional Public Service. He received his undergraduate and law degrees from Yale University.

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