Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

 

AGENDA

 

Room 8

January 14, 2020 - January 17, 2020

Last Updated 1/14/2020 2:48 PM

 

Tuesday, January 14, 2020

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

10:00 AM                   Act 62 Discussion

Wetlands, Public Trust Waters, EPA, ANR, AAFM

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

11:30 AM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 15, 2020

9:00 AM                   Act 62 Discussion

Darren Springer, General Manager, Burlington Electric Department

Rebecca Foster, Director, Efficiency Vermont

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

Lauren Hierl, Executive Director, Vermont Conservation Voters

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   Act 62 Discussion

Marilyn Miller, Executive Director, Vehicle and Automotive Distributors Association

Matt Cota, Executive Director, Vermont Fuel Dealers Association

TJ Poor, Director of Efficiency and Energy Resources, Department of Public Service

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 16, 2020

9:00 AM                   Act 62 Discussion

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

Patricia Richards, General Manager, Washington Electric Coop

Melissa Bailey, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Representative, VPPSA

Thomas Murray, Vice President, Vermont Gas

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   Act 62 Discussion

Rick Weston, Principal and Director of Policy, The Regulatory Assistance Project

Ben Edgerly Walsh, Climate & Energy Program Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

Johanna Miller, Energy & Climate Program Director, Vermont Natural Resources Council

 

12:00 AM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 17, 2020

9:00 AM                   Interim Report

Public Utility Commission

Rm 10

Margaret Cheney, Commissioner, Public Utility Commission

Thomas Knauer, Policy Director, Vermont Public Utility Commission

 

11:00 AM                   Committee  Discussion

 

11:30 AM                   Adjourn

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 6 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

 Jude Newman at 802-828-2296 or jnewman@leg.state.vt.us