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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