House Committee on Energy and Technology

 

AGENDA

 

Room 41

January 23, 2018 - January 26, 2018

Last Updated 1/26/2018 7:09 AM

 

Tuesday, January 23, 2018

9:00 AM          Committee Work

 

10:00 AM          House Floor

 

Immediately after House Floor          Caucuses

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          Governor's FY 2019 Budget Address

Joint Assembly

 

After Governor's Budget Address          ADS Data Security

Andrew Laing, Chief Data Officer, Agency of Digital Services

Scott Carbee, Deputy Chief Information Security Officer, Agency of Digital Services

 

3:30 PM          Connectivity Report

Clay Purvis, Director of Telecommunications and Connectivity, Department of Public Service

 

Wednesday, January 24, 2018

9:00 AM          H. 581 - An act relating to Connectivity Initiative grant eligibility

         H. 582 - An act relating to increased funding for the Connectivity Initiative

Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Kim Gates, Legislative Contact, Franklin Telephone

Jeffrey Austin, Director of State Government Relations, Fairpoint Communications

Clay Purvis, Director of Telecommunications and Connectivity, Department of Public Service

 

10:00 AM          H. 616 - An act relating to thermal efficiency monies and biomass-led district heat

Introduction and Walk-Through

Rep. Michael Yantachka, Sponsor

Aaron Adler, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Chris Burns, Director of Energy Services, Burlington Electric

 

11:00 AM          H. 378 - An act relating to the creation of the Artificial Intelligence Commission

Introduction and Walk-through

Rep. Brian Cina, Sponsor, Burlington

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

12:00 PM          Lunch

 

1:00 PM          House Floor

 

2:00 PM          ADS Progress Response and IT Project Review

Scott Woodward, Consultant

John Quinn, Secretary, Agency of Digital Services

Dan Smith, JFO Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office

 

3:30 PM          H. 581 - An act relating to Connectivity Initiative grant eligibility

         H. 582 - An act relating to increased funding for the Connectivity Initiative

Omar Smith, Broadband Committee, Town of Readsboro - Phone

Carole Monroe, CEO, ValleyNet - Phone

Morgan Wade, Broadband and Connectivity Committee, Town of Canaan - Phone

 

Thursday, January 25, 2018

9:00 AM          H. 410 - An act relating to adding products to Vermont’s energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment

Committee work on bill.

 

9:30 AM          18-0733 - An act relating to the authority of the Agency of Digital Services

Walk-through of draft bill.

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

10:00 AM          VW Settlement

Joshua Diamond, Deputy Attorney General, Attorney General's Office

Nick Persampieri, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office

Megan O'Toole, Associate General Counsel, Department of Environmental Conservation, Air Quality & Climate Division

 

11:00 AM          H. 682 - An act relating to the Volkswagen Environmental Mitigation Trust

Walk-through

Aaron Adler, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

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

Committee Work on Bill

 

Friday, January 26, 2018

8:30 AM          H. 680 - An act relating to protecting consumers and promoting an open Internet in Vermont

Introduction and Walk-through

 

Rep. Thomas Stevens, Sponsor - Invited

Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

9:00 AM          H. 410 - An act relating to adding products to Vermont’s energy efficiency standards for appliances and equipment

Mark-up and possible vote.

 

9:30 AM          House Floor

 

After House Floor          H. 680 - An act relating to protecting consumers and promoting an open Internet in Vermont

Chad Marlow, Advocacy and Policy Counsel, American Civil Liberties Union (10:00 AM) - Phone

Harold Feld, Senior Vice President, Public Knowledge (10:30 AM) - Phone

Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

Clay Purvis, Director of Telecommunications and Connectivity, Department of Public Service - Invited

Charles Storrow, Partner, AT&T

Jeff Austin, Director of Government Relations, Fairpoint Communications

Christopher Curtis, Chief, Public Protection Division, Attorney General's Office - Invited

 

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