Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

 

AGENDA

 

Room 8

February 18, 2020 - February 21, 2020

Last Updated 2/21/2020 10:28 AM

 

Tuesday, February 18, 2020

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

10:00 AM                   Renewable Energy

Ed McNamara, Director of Planning, Department of Public Service

 

11:00 AM                   Electric Vehicle Incentives

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

Lisa Morris, Energy Services Planner, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc.

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, February 19, 2020

9:00 AM                   S. 321 - An act relating to miscellaneous fish and wildlife issues

Bill Walk-through

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

Colonel Jason Batchelder, Director of Law Enforcement, Department of Fish & Wildlife

Catherine Gjessing, General Counsel, Department of Fish & Wildlife

Barry Londeree, Vermont State Director, United States Humane Society

Mike Covey, Executive Director, Vermont Traditions Coalition

Brenna Galdenzi, President, Protect Our Wildlife

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Thursday, February 20, 2020

9:00 AM                   S. 227 - An act relating to the provision of personal care products by lodging establishments

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

Hans VanWees, Hotel Vermont

Sarah Morris, Director of Food and Beverage, Basin Harbor, Vergennes - Phone

Kristin Aldred Cheek, Director of Policy & Planning, Stewardship Institute Inc

 

10:30 AM                   Election of the Trustees of the Vermont State Colleges

Joint Assembly

 

12:00 PM                   Adjourn

 

Friday, February 21, 2020

9:00 AM                   S. 321 - An act relating to miscellaneous fish and wildlife issues

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

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Catherine Gjessing, General Counsel, Department of Fish & Wildlife

Colonel Jason Batchelder, Director of Law Enforcement, Department of Fish & Wildlife

Brenna Galdenzi, President, Protect Our Wildlife

Mike Covey, Executive Director, Vermont Traditions Coalition

Claudia Mucklow, Member, Vermont Wild Life Coalition

 

11:00 AM                   Overview of Procedure to amend the Vermont Constitution

BetsyAnn Wrask, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

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