For the six-county Sacramento region, clean energy technology, much like oil and gold, represents an era-making opportunity for business, entrepreneurs and employees. What the aerospace industry and the air force bases were to the economies of the 1960s, ‘70s and ‘80s, clean energy technology holds the same promise—if the region acts together across a wide area of activities. The Sacramento Metro Chamber—in its drive to make the Sacramento region “the” place to do clean energy business—is focusing attention of business and community leaders on what needs to be done to attract, expand and retain clean energy businesses, in coordination with the economic planning of the Partnership for Prosperity and other activities such as the annual Capitol-to-Capitol Trip to Washington, D.C., and ongoing workforce development, transportation planning and other joint regional initiatives. The State of the Region Forum (formerly State of the Counties) on Friday, July 20, at the Hyatt Regency Sacramento, will examine the impacts and opportunities that this emerging sector can provide the region, where more than 60 companies in the clean energy and "green" technology business are now operating. Keynote speaker will be Dan Sperling, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis. Sperling is currently helping to design the state’s new low-carbon-emissions fuel standard. A roundtable discussion among the members of the board of supervisors for the six-county region, moderated by David Hosley, president and general manager of KVIE Channel 6, will review aspects of the emerging industry in the various counties. Announcements of new businesses attracted to the area, new and developing public policy and other potential clean energy technology developments are expected during the forum. Members of County Boards of Supervisors set to speak are Helen K. Baumann; chair, El Dorado County Board of Supervisors; Bruce Kranz, chair, Placer County Board of Supervisors; Don Nottoli, chair, Sacramento County Board of Supervisors; Dan Silva, chair, Sutter County Board of Supervisors; Mariko Yamada, chair, Yolo County Board of Supervisors; and Dan Logue, vice chair, Yuba County Board of Supervisors. The State of the Counties Forum will be held 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The Sacramento Metro Chamber is the region’s leading organization for promoting economic strength and serving as a unified voice of business throughout the six-county Sacramento region. Register