House Committee on Energy and Technology

 

AGENDA

 

Room 41

January 21, 2020 - January 24, 2020

Last Updated 1/24/2020 3:21 PM

 

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

After the Floor                    Caucuses & Lunch

 

12:45 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Lynn Knight, Executive Vice President, Institute for Sustainable Development - Phone

 

2:00 PM                   Governor's 2021 Budget Address

Joint Assembly - House Chamber

 

3:15 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

 

Paul Costello, Executive Director, Vermont Council on Rural Development

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

9:00 AM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Jon Erickson, Professor, University of Vermont

 

10:30 AM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Peter Walke, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:30 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

 

3:20 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Discussion regarding Global Warming Solutions Act implementation in Massachusetts & natural climate solutions

Phil Huffman, Director of Government Relations and Policy, The Nature Conservancy

Laura  Marx, Forest Ecologist, The Nature Conservancy

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 23, 2020

9:00 AM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

T.J. Donavan, Attorney General, State of Vermont

Laura Murphy, Assistant Attorney General, Attorney General's Office

Robert McDougall, Chief Environmental Division, Attorney General's Office

 

10:00 AM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Ken Colburn, Co-Chair Energy Working Group, Maine Climate Council

David Cash, Dean of the Graduate School of Policy and Global Studies, University of Massachusetts, Boston

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

3:30 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Jenny Rushlow, Professor, Vermont Law School

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 24, 2020

8:45 AM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Sue Minter, Executive Director, Capstone Community Action

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

11:30 AM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Bill Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Beth Pearce, State Treasurer, Office of the State Treasurer

Mary Powell, Energy Leader, Small Business Owner

Win Smith, President, Sugarbush Resort & Trustee, The Nature Conservancy - Invited

Jen Duggan, Vice President/Director, Conservation Law Foundation

 

3:30 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

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

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 5 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 or comments, please contact

 Danielle Bean at 802-828-2263 or dbean@leg.state.vt.us