Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

 

AGENDA

 

Room 8

January 21, 2020 - January 24, 2020

Last Updated 1/24/2020 11:23 AM

 

Tuesday, January 21, 2020

10:00 AM                   Energy Efficiency Modernization (Act 62)

Act 62 Discussion and Committee Bill  Introduction

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

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

2:00 PM                   Governor's FY2021  Budget Address

Joint Assembly - House Chamber

 

Wednesday, January 22, 2020

8:30 AM                   2020 Annual Energy Report

 Walk-through

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

Ed McNamara, Director of Planning, Department of Public Service

 

10:00 AM                   Break

 

10:15 AM                   20-0811 - An act relating to energy efficiency entities

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

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

Thomas Knauer, Policy Director, Vermont Public Utility Commission

Bill Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont

Melissa Bailey, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Representative, VPPSA

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

 

11:35 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, January 23, 2020

8:30 AM                   20-0811 - An act relating to energy efficiency entities

Committee Bill, Mark-up and Possible Vote

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

Gregg Faber, Analyst, Public Utility Commission

Rebecca Foster, Director, Efficiency Vermont

Mat Cota, Lobbyist, Vermont Fuel Dealers Association

Melissa Bailey, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Representative, VPPSA

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

 

10:25 AM                   Break

 

10:35 AM                   20-0811 - An act relating to energy efficiency entities

Darren Springer, General Manager, Burlington Electric Department

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

 

11:35 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, January 24, 2020

8:30 AM                   20-0811 - An act relating to energy efficiency entities and programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the thermal energy and transportation sectors

Committee Bill, Mark-up and Possible Vote

David Roberts, Vermont Energy Investment Corporation

 

9:30 AM                   Break

 

10:00 AM                   20-0811 - An act relating to energy efficiency entities and programs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in the thermal energy and transportation sectors

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

Thomas Knauer, Policy Director, Vermont Public Utility Commission

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

Rebecca Foster, Director, Efficiency Vermont

 

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

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