House Committee on Energy and Technology

 

AGENDA

 

Room 41

January 15, 2019 - January 18, 2019

Last Updated 1/16/2019 10:17 AM

 

Tuesday, January 15, 2019

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

10:30 AM                   Caucuses

Immediately after House Floor adjourns

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Energy and Telecom

Broad Themes

Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

1:30 PM                   Telecom 101

Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

 

2:30 PM                   Public Utilities Commission

Overview

Margaret Cheney, Commissioner, Public Utility Commission

Thomas Knauer, Public Utility Commission

 

4:00 PM                   Telecom Overview

Clay Purvis, Director of Telecommunications and Connectivity, Department of Public Service

Jim Porter, Director for Public Advocacy, Department of Public Service

June Tierney, Commissioner, Department of Public Service

 

Wednesday, January 16, 2019

 

9:30 AM                   AT&T

Introduction and Overview

Owen Smith Jr., Regional Vice President, External Affairs, AT&T

 

10:00 AM                   IT Overview

Hearing Preparation

Rebecca Wasserman, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Council

John Quinn, Secretary, Agency of Digital Services

Dan Smith, Consultant, Joint Fiscal Office

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

3:00 PM                   Joint Committee Meeting

House Appropriations and House Energy and Technology

A Review of the Integrated Eligibility Project

Room 11

Cass Madison, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Sean Brown, Deputy Commissioner, Economic Services Division, Department for Children and Families

Mark Combs, Chief Technology Officer, Agency of Digital Services

Thani Boskailo, Director of Eligibility and Enrollment, Department of Vermont Health Access (DVHA)

Genevieve Gaudet, Program Manager, NAVA

 

Thursday, January 17, 2019

9:30 AM                   Field Trip

Department of Public Service

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Decorum Training

Immediately after Floor adjourns

 

2:30 PM                   Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier (ILEC)

Introduction and Overview

Jeff Austin, Director of Government Relations, Consolidated Communications

Roger Nishi, Vice President, Industry Relations, Waitsfield Champlain Valley Telecom

 

3:30 PM                   Wireless Service Providers

Introduction and Overview

Chris Rice, Lobbyist, Verizon

Jeanne Kennedy, Lobbyist, T-Mobile

 

Friday, January 18, 2019

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Cable Companies

10 minutes after the Floor adjourns

Introduction and Overview

John Sutich, Director of State Government Relations, Comcast

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Enhanced 9-1-1 Board

Overview

Barbara M. Neal, Executive Director, Enhanced 9-1-1 Board

 

ATTENTION WITNESSES- Please email handouts to the committee assistant before your scheduled meeting date and bring 2 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 and comments, please contact

 Sarah Tewksbury at 802-828-2263 or stewksbury@leg.state.vt.us