House Committee on Energy and Technology

 

AGENDA

 

Room 41

January 22, 2019 - January 25, 2019

Last Updated 1/25/2019 11:50 AM

 

Tuesday, January 22, 2019

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Caucuses

Immediately following Floor adjournment

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

2:00 PM                   An Analysis of Decarbonization Methods in Vermont

Joint Hearing with House Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife

Room 11

Marc Hafstead, Resources for the Future

Wesley Look, Resources for the Future

 

Wednesday, January 23, 2019

9:30 AM                   Committee Presentation

Decarbonization Study Follow-up

 

Marc Hafstead, Resources for the Future

Wesley Look, Resources for the Future

 

10:30 AM                   The Regulatory Assistance Project

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

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:00 PM                   Efficiency Vermont

Introduction and Overview

Rebecca Foster, Director, Efficiency Vermont

Abby White, Director of Communications, Efficiency Vermont

 

3:00 PM                   Renewable Energy Vermont

Informational Overview

Olivia Campbell Andersen, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Vermont

 

4:00 PM                   Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Introduction and Overview

Karen Horn, Director, Public Policy & Advocacy, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

Gwynn Zakov, Municipal Policy Advocate, Vermont League of Cities and Towns

 

Thursday, January 24, 2019

9:00 AM                   Electric Utilities

Introduction and Overview

Melissa Bailey, Legislative and Regulatory Affairs Representative, VPPSA

Ken Nolan, General Manager, VPPSA

Mike Kanarick, Director of Customer Care, Community Engagement, and Communications, Burlington Electric Department

Darren Springer, General Manager, Burlington Electric Department

 

10:30 AM                   Break

 

10:45 AM                   Electric Utilities

Introduction and Overview

Mary Powell, President/CEO, Green Mountain Power

Rebecca Towne, Chief Executive Officer, Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc.

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   House Floor

 

2:00 PM                   Governor's FY 2020 Budget Address

Joint Assembly-House Chamber

 

-                                   Regional Planning Commission

Immediately following the Governor's Budget Address

Catherine Dimitruk, Executive Director, Northwest Regional Planning Commission

 

Friday, January 25, 2019

9:00 AM                   Committee Discussion

 

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Vermont Electric Power Company

10 minutes after the Floor adjourns

Introduction and Overview

Shana Louiselle, Communications and Policy Advocate, VELCO

John Flynn, Vice President of Strategic Business Development, VELCO

 

10:45 AM                   ISO New England

Introduction and Overview

Molly Connors, External Affairs Representative, ISO New England

Eric Johnson, Director of External Affairs, ISO New England

 

11:30 AM                   Washington Electric Coop

Introduction and Overview

Patricia Richards, General Manager, Washington Electric Coop

 

12:00 PM                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Energy Advocacy Groups

Jared Duval, Executive Director, Energy Action Network

Tom Hughes, Energy Independent Vermont

 

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