House Committee on Energy and Technology

 

AGENDA

 

Room 41

January 28, 2020 - January 31, 2020

Last Updated 1/31/2020 9:17 AM

 

Tuesday, January 28, 2020

9:45 AM                   Committee  Discussion

 

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

After the Floor                    Caucuses & Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Northeast Kingdom Collaborative Day

Discussion with NEKC regarding rural innovations, what's working, what is next, and how rural communities adjust to climate change.

Evan Carlson, Member, Northeast Kingdom Broadband

Chris Campbell, Principle Consultant, Town of Tilson

Michael Birnbaum, Owner, Kingdom Fiber

Ann Lawless, NEK Coordinator, Neighborworks Heat Squad

Jack Sumberg, Member, Glover Energy Committee

Nick D'Agostino, Executive Director, Rural Community Transit

 

2:05 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Matt Cota, Executive Director, Vermont Fuel Dealers Association

 

2:40 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

KC Whiteley, 350VT Board Vice Chair, 350Vermont

Evelyn Seidner, Student, Burr and Burton Academy

Seth Fisher-Olvera, Student, Vermont Commons School

 

3:05 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Steve Crowley, Chair, Sierra Club Energy Committee

 

3:45 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Ed Larson, Lobbyist, Vermont Forest Products Association

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 29, 2020

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

Matt Musgrave, Government Affairs Director, Associated General Contractors of Vermont

 

9:30 AM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Molly Mahar, President, Vermont Ski Areas Association

 

11:00 AM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Jared Duval, Executive Director, Energy Action Network

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:00 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Solutions to mitigate climate change from buildings.

Enrique Bueno, Chair, VT Passive House

 

3:00 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Tom Kavet, Legislative Economist, Kavet, Rockler & Associates, LLC

 

4:00 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Margaret Laggis, Lobbyist, Green Mountain Dairy Farmers

 

4:30 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 30, 2020

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

Michael Pieciak, Commissioner, Department of Financial Regulation

 

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

Erica Bornemann, Director, Emergency Management & Homeland Security

 

11:00 AM                   Vermont Housing & Conservation Coalition

Nick Richardson, President & CEO, Vermont Land Trust

Nancy Owens, President, Housing Vermont

Monica Collins, Town of Hancock

Steve Libby, Executive  Director, Vermont River Conservancy

 

11:45 AM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Robert Morlino, Emergency Management Director, State Emergency Management Committee for Southern Vermont

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:00 PM                   H. 688 - An act relating to addressing climate change

Discussion regarding the Heat Vulnerability Index and the Social Vulnerability Index.

David Grass, Environmental Health Program Manager, Vermont Department  of Health

Jared Ulmer, Climate & Health Program Manager, Vermont Department  of Health

 

4:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 31, 2020

9:00 AM                   H. 905 - An act relating to the Vermont State Auditor and potential legislation and rules concerning climate change

Rep. Linda Joy Sullivan, Sponsor

Rep. Cynthia Browning, Sponsor, Arlington

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

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

Committee discussion and mark-up

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

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

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

Lesley-Ann Dupigny-Giroux, State Climatologist

 

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