Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy

AGENDA

Via Zoom

January 19, 2021 - January 22, 2021

Last Updated 1/22/2021 8:18 AM

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted

Tuesday, January 19, 2021

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

10:15 AM                   Implicit Bias Prevention Training

11:45 AM                   Adjourn

Wednesday, January 20, 2021

8:30 AM                   Overview of Energy Issues

Jared Duval, Executive Director, Energy Action Network

9:40 AM                   Break

10:00 AM                   Department of Public Service, Presentation of DPS Energy Report

Ed McNamara, Director of Planning, Department of Public Service - Invited

Philip Picotte, Utilities Economic Analyst, Department of Public Service

Thursday, January 21, 2021

8:30 AM                   Executive Order 02-21

Joint hearing with the House Committee on Natural Resources, Fish and Wildlife

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Annette Smith, Executive Director, Vermonters for a Clean Environment

Fred Baser, District # 9 Environmental Board

Tim Taylor, Chair, District 3 Environmental Commission

9:40 AM                   Break

10:00 AM                   Executive Order 02-21 Continued

Julie Moore, Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

Louis Porter, Commissioner, Department of Fish and Wildlife

Jaye Pershing-Johnson, General Counsel, Governor's Office

Diane Snelling, Chair, Natural Resources Board

Greg Boulbol, General Counsel, Natural Resources Board

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

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

Amerin Aborjaily, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Friday, January 22, 2021

8:30 AM                   Act 62 Review and Report

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

Margaret Cheney, Commissioner, Public Utility Commission

Thomas Knauer, Policy Director, Vermont Public Utility Commission

10:00 AM                   S. 14 - An act relating to deed restrictions and housing density

Overview

Sen. Michael Sirotkin, Reporter, Senate Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs Committee

Ellen Czajkowski, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

10:30 AM                   Solid Waste Updates

Samuel Nicolai, P.E., VP Engineering and Compliance, Casella Waste Management

Joe Sinagra, Sustainability Director, Myers Container Service

Cathy Jamieson, Program Manager, WMPD Solid Waste Program, Department of Environmental Conservation

ATTENTION WITNESSES

Please email handouts to the committee assistant at least 24 hours before your scheduled meeting time. With few exceptions, any documents you send to a committee assistant, are open to the public and may be posted to the committee’s web page.

If you have any questions or comments, please contact

 Jude Newman at jnewman@leg.state.vt.us