"Beyond The Light Switch": A New Two-Part Documentary Series From DETROIT PUBLIC TELEVISION

"Beyond The Light Switch": A New Two-Part Documentary Series From DETROIT PUBLIC TELEVISION

DETROIT, April 13, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Comprehensive and timely, BEYOND THE LIGHT SWITCH adds a much-needed and balanced perspective to a national energy debate that will surely become more heated and more critical than anything since health care.

Premieres nationally on PBS stations in April, May, June 2011 (check local listings) www.beyondthelightswitch.com

By 2050 America must completely transform its entire electrical infrastructure, a challenge equal to the mobilization efforts for World War II.

To do this, we must rebuild most of our existing electric power plant infrastructure, cut carbon dioxide emissions by 80%, and completely update our power grid - while simultaneously accommodating an expected thirty percent increase in demand. Our modern lives depend upon electricity. But what is the answer? Renewables? Coal? Natural gas? Nuclear? A super grid? It's a complicated and confusing issue for almost everyone.

Hosted by Scientific American Magazine's David Biello, and guided by an independent advisory panel, BEYOND THE LIGHT SWITCH, a new special from Detroit Public Television, lays out the energy facts and conundrums facing all of us.

Shot on location throughout the US, and featuring interviews with government leaders, industry experts, researchers, innovators, environmentalists, utilities, journalists and authors, BEYOND THE LIGHT SWITCH thoughtfully explores the trade-offs of carbon capture and storage, hydraulic fracturing for natural gas, a nuclear renaissance, the costs of solar power, the sprawl of wind power and the feasibility of a super grid.

BEYOND THE LIGHT SWITCH is a production of Detroit Public Television. Ed Moore is producer, director and writer, Jordan Wingrove is editor, Bill Kubota is co-producer and director of photography, and Genevieve Savage is co-producer. The executive producer is Jeff Forster.

Funding provided by Edison Electric Institute, Nuclear Energy Institute, American Electric Power, DTE Energy, Duke Energy, Entergy Corporation, Exelon, NextEra Energy Inc, Southern Company, Wisconsin Energy Foundation, Xcel Energy, and NECA-IBEW.

WTVS Detroit Public Television: PBS member station WTVS serves the nation's 11th largest television market. DPTV recently launched a new Midtown Detroit studio in the landmark Maccabees Building. According to Rich Homberg, president and GM, the new studio will play an important role in engaging the community and leadership organizations to tackle the city's toughest challenges - children & education, arts & culture, energy and the environment, leadership & public affairs, and health issues. www.dptv.org

Media contact:
Kristin Fellows
kristin@kristinfellows.com
828 335 6525

SOURCE Detroit Public Television

Detroit Public Television

Web Site: http://www.dptv.org

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