Senate Committee on Finance

 

AGENDA

 

Via Zoom

April 13, 2021 - April 16, 2021

Last Updated 4/15/2021 9:32 AM

 

 

Meetings are livestreamed here unless otherwise noted

 

 

 

Tuesday, April 13, 2021

9:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   H. 360 - An act relating to accelerated community broadband deployment

Broadband in Affordable Multifamily Housing

Molly Dugan, Director of Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Cathedral Square

Kathy Beyer, Senior Vice President, Real Estate Development, Evernorth (formerly Housing Vermont)

 

2:00 PM                   H. 360 - An act relating to accelerated community broadband deployment

Irv Thomae, Former Chair, ECFiber

 

3:00 PM                   H. 431 - An act relating to miscellaneous energy subjects

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

Bill Jordan, Director of Engineering, Department of Public Service

Anne Margolis, Deputy Planning Director, Department of Public Service

Billy Coster, Director of Planning and Policy, Agency of Natural Resources

Gregg Faber, Analyst, Public Utility Commission

 

4:15 PM                   H. 360 - An act relating to accelerated community broadband deployment

Committee Discussion

 

Wednesday, April 14, 2021

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   H. 437 - An act relating to changes that affect the revenue of the State

Rep. Emilie Kornheiser, Reporter, House Committee on Ways and Means

Maura Collins, Executive Director, Vermont Housing Finance Agency

Chris Donnelly, Director of Community Relations, Champlain Housing Trust

Graham Campbell, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

Brian Pine, Coordinator, Vermont Affordable Housing Coalition

 

2:45 PM                   H. 360 - An act relating to accelerated community broadband deployment

Dr. Michel Guite, President, V-Tel

Arianna Robinson, Chief Technology Officer, VTel

Gordon Mathews, Vice President Legal and Regulatory Affairs, VTel

 

3:55 PM                   Break

 

4:10 PM                   H. 433 - An act relating to the Transportation Program and miscellaneous changes to laws related to transportation

Section 21

Sen. Andrew Perchlik, Senate Committee on Transportation

 

Thursday, April 15, 2021

1:00 PM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   H. 360 - An act relating to accelerated community broadband deployment

Act 79- Make-Ready Provisions and Pole Harvesting - Where are we and what is needed?

June Tierney, Commissioner, Department of Public Service

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

F.X. Flinn, Chair, ECFiber

Jeremy Hansen, Chair, CVFiber

Christine Hallquist, Administrator, NEK Community Broadband

Rob White, Project Delivery Bureau Director, Agency of Transportation

Craig Keller, Utilities and Permits Manager, Agency of Transportation

 

2:45 PM                   Break

 

3:00 PM                   H. 360 - An act relating to accelerated community broadband deployment

Property Tax Exemption

Abby Shepard, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Mark Perrault, Senior Fiscal Analyst, Joint Fiscal Office

 

3:30 PM                   H. 431 - An act relating to miscellaneous energy subjects

Energy Storage 101

Olivia Campbell Andersen, Executive Director, Renewable Energy Vermont

 

4:15 PM                   GlobalFoundries as a Self-Managed Utility

Legal Authority and Possible Legislative Actions

June Tierney, Commissioner, Department of Public Service

 

Friday, April 16, 2021

11:30 AM                   Senate Floor

 

1:30 PM                   H. 360 - An act relating to accelerated community broadband deployment

 

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

 Faith Brown at fbrown@leg.state.vt.us