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House Committee on Energy and Technology
AGENDA
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January 12, 2021 - January 15, 2021
Last Updated 1/14/2021 9:29 AM
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Tuesday, January 12, 2021
10:00 AM House Floor
- Party Caucuses
1:00 PM House Floor
1:45 PM Telecom Overview
General updates and CRF updates
Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel
Wednesday, January 13, 2021
9:00 AM Department of Public Service
Updates on CRF allocation, RDOF, VT Broadband funding, and the Connectivity Initiative
June Tierney, Commissioner, Department of Public Service
Clay Purvis, Director of Telecommunications and Connectivity, Department of Public Service
1:15 PM House Floor
After the Floor Sexual Harassment Prevention Training
Thursday, January 14, 2021
9:00 AM Communications Union Districts (CUDs) Status
Overview and updates
Robert Fish, Rural Broadband Technical Assistance Specialist, Department of Public Service
June Tierney, Commissioner, Department of Public Service
F.X. Flinn, Chair, ECFiber
Steve Huffaker, Chair, Maple Broadband
Bill Moore, Chair, Otter Creek CUD
Charen Fegard, Board Member, NWCUD
Jane Campbell, Governing Board, Lamoille FiberNet
Tim Scoggins, Chair, Catamount Fiber
Christine Hallquist , Administrator, NEK Broadband
Ann Manwaring, Chair, DVFiber
David Healy, Business Development Chair, CVFiber
Kristen Fountain, Vice Chair, VCUDA
12:00 PM Security Briefing
1:15 PM House Floor
Friday, January 15, 2021
9:30 AM House Floor
11:00 AM Consolidated Communications
Updates regarding funding and fiber rollout plans
Jeffrey Austin, Director of State Government Relations, Consolidated Communications
Erika Smith, Manager of State Regulatory Matters, Consolidated Communications
1:30 PM Energy Overview
Distribution utility specifics
TJ Poor, Director of Efficiency and Energy Resources, Department of Public Service
Ed McNamara, Director of Planning, Department of Public Service
Riley Allen, Deputy Commissioner, Department of Public Service
June Tierney, Commissioner, Department of Public Service
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If you have any questions or comments, please contact
Matthew Grimo at mgrimo@leg.state.vt.us