House Committee on Energy and Technology

 

AGENDA

 

Room 41

March 19, 2019 - March 22, 2019

Last Updated 3/21/2019 4:15 PM

 

Tuesday, March 19, 2019

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Caucuses

Immediately Following Floor Adjournment

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

-                                   Fossil Fuel Infrastructure

Immediately Following Floor & Caucuses

Luke Martland, Director and Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

Wednesday, March 20, 2019

9:00 AM                   CPG Process

Richard Cowart, Director, The Regulatory Assistance Project

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

11:00 AM                   Vermont Climate Action Commission

Peter Walke, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

Thursday, March 21, 2019

9:00 AM                   H. 338 - An act relating to the Standard Offer Program and hydroelectric plants

Mathew Rubin, President, Vermont Independent Power Producers Association

Andrew Locke, Vice President, Vermont Independent Power Producers Association

 

9:30 AM                   S. 95 - An act relating to municipal utility capital investment

Walk-through

Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

9:45 AM                   H. 513 - An act relating to broadband deployment throughout Vermont

Discussion of Amendment

Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

10:15 AM                   H. 155 - An act relating to the Standard Offer Program exemption for utilities

Introduction

Rep. Michael Yantachka, Sponsor

 

10:30 AM                   H. 337 - An act relating to energy transformation projects under the Renewable Energy Standard

 

-                                   H. 339 - An act relating to energy efficiency programs and equipment powered by fossil fuels

Introductions

Rep. Robin Chesnut-Tangerman, Sponsor

 

11:00 AM                   Break

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:30 PM                   Vermont Climate Action Commission

Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development

 

Friday, March 22, 2019

9:00 AM                   H. 513 - An act relating to broadband deployment throughout Vermont

Discussion of Amendment

Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Renewable Energy

Discussion of Report

Ed McNamara, Director of Planning and Energy Resources Division, Department of Public Service

Maria Fischer, Utilities Economic Analyst, Department of Public Service

 

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

 Sarah Tewksbury at 802-828-2263 or stewksbury@leg.state.vt.us