# Prof. Tülin Erdem on the Edison Electric Institute's "We Stand for Energy" campaign

1 Faculty News July 7, 2014 ![](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/environmentenergypublishing.jpg?itok=Yjf-uQAb)>

Excerpt from [Environment & Energy Publishing](http://www.eenews.net/stories/1060002372) -- "'The idea is to remind the consumer or educating about this industry's positive spillover effects on the society, like job creation, clean energy, etc.,' [Erdem](http://w4.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/tulin-erdem) said. The education effort can't hurt if industry investments 'may result in even higher electricity charges. ... They don't want a backlash from the consumers so they want to prepare the ground for that.'"

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