House Committee on Energy and Technology

 

AGENDA

 

Room 41

January 16, 2018 - January 19, 2018

Last Updated 1/17/2018 1:36 PM

 

Tuesday, January 16, 2018

9:00 AM          Committee Work

 

10:00 AM          House Floor

 

11:00 AM          H. 581 - An act relating to Connectivity Initiative grant eligibility

Introduction and Walk-through.

Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor of Bill

 

11:30 AM          H. 582 - An act relating to increased funding for the Connectivity Initiative

Introduction and Walk-through

Rep. Laura Sibilia, Sponsor of Bill

Maria Royle, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:00 PM          Progressive and Republican Caucuses

Progressives in Ethan Allen Room

Republicans in Room 11

 

1:15 PM          Democratic Caucus

Room 11

 

2:00 PM          Vermont Energy and Climate Summit

Jared Duval, Executive  Director, Energy Action Network

Leigh Seddon, President, L. W. Seddon, LLC

 

3:00 PM          H. 410 - An act relating to adding products to Vermont’s energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment

Introduction and testimony.

Rep. Marcia Gardner, Sponsor of Bill

Chris Granda, Senior Researcher, Appliance Standards Awareness Project

Aaron Adler, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Andrew McAllister, Commissioner, California Energy Commission - Phone

Paul Zabriskie, Weatherization Director, Capstone Community Action

Abby White, Communications and External Affairs Officer, Efficiency Vermont

 

Wednesday, January 17, 2018

8:30 AM          Joint Hearing with Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee

Joint Hearing with Senate Natural Resources-Room 10

Darren Springer, Chief Operations Officer, Burlington Electric Department

Robert Dostis, Vice President of Stakeholder Relations, Green Mountain Power

Andrea Cohen, Manager, Government Affairs and Member Relations, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc.

Lisa Morris, Energy Services Planner, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc.

James Gibbons, Director of Policy & Planning, Burlington Electric Department

Ken Nolan, General Manager, Vermont Public Power Supply Authority

Patricia Richards, General Manager, Washington Electric Coop

Bill Powell, Director of Products and Services, Washington Electric Coop

Matthew Rutherford, Manager of Regulatory Compliance, Stowe Electric Department

Melissa Bailey, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Representative, Vermont Public Power Supply Authority

 

10:00 AM          ADS Progress

John Quinn, Secretary, Agency of Digital Services

 

1:00 PM          House Floor

 

2:00 PM          H. 410 - An act relating to adding products to Vermont’s energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment

Stephen Beard, Project Sales, Northeast Electrical Distributors

Anthony Serres, Government Relations, Philips Lighting (2:20 PM) - Phone

Jennifer Dolan, Manager of Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs, LEDVANCE LLC (2:30 PM) - Phone

Sarah Wolfe, Clean Energy Advocate, VPIRG

 

3:00 PM          IT Project Reviews

Dan Smith, JFO Consultant

 

Thursday, January 18, 2018

11:00 AM          Public Utility Commission Public Access Report

Margaret Cheney, Commissioner, Public Utility Commission

Ann Bishop, Chief Economist, Public Utility Commission

 

1:00 PM          House Floor

 

After House Floor          H. 410 - An act relating to adding products to Vermont’s energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment

Walk-through of rewrite.

Aaron Adler, Legal Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Friday, January 19, 2018

9:30 AM          House Floor

 

10:30 AM          Energy Storage Report

Anne Margolis, Renewable Energy Development Manager, Department of Public Service

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          General Update

John Sutich, Director of State Government Relations, Comcast

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 2 hard copies. Please write your name, organization, date and title on each document. With few exceptions, any documents you hand out to a committee, or send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s webpage.

 

If you have any questions and comments, please contact

 Mike Bailey at 828-2263 or mbailey@leg.state.vt.us