House Committee on Environment and Energy

 

AGENDA

 

Ethan Allen Room and Zoom

January 24, 2023 - January 27, 2023

Last Updated 1/26/2023 11:56 AM

 

Unless otherwise noted, all meetings are live streamed at https://legislature.vermont.gov/committee/streaming/house-environment-and-energy.

Tuesday, January 24, 2023

10:00 AM                   House Floor

 

-                                   Lunch and Caucuses

 

1:15 PM                   Budget Adjustment Act

Agency of Natural Resources

Maggie Gendron, Deputy Secretary, Agency of Natural Resources

John Beling, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation

Tracy LaFrance, Financial Operations Director, Department of Environmental Conservation

Matthew Chapman, Director, Waste Management Protection Division, Agency of Natural Resources

 

2:00 PM                   H. 67 - An act relating to household products containing hazardous substances

Introduction & Walk-through

Rep. Katherine "Kari" Dolan, Bill Sponsor

Michael O'Grady, Deputy Chief Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

 

3:15 PM                   Budget Adjustment Act

Agency of Commerce and Community Development

Joan Goldstein, Commissioner, Department of Economic Development

Matthew Chapman, Director, Waste Management Protection Division, Agency of Natural Resources

 

3:40 PM                   Update on Budget Adjustment Act

Department of Public Service

June Tierney, Commissioner, Department of Public Service

Christine Hallquist , Executive Director, Vermont Community Broadband Board

Robert Fish, Deputy Director of the Vermont Community Broadband Board, Department of Public Service

 

4:00 PM                   Public Comment on Vermont Community Broadband Board

Steve Whitaker, Concerned Citizen

 

4:10 PM                   Committee Discussion

Budget Adjustment Act

 

-                                   Adjourn

 

Wednesday, January 25, 2023

9:00 AM                   H. 67 - An act relating to household products containing hazardous substances

Josh Kelly, Solid Waste Program Manager, Agency of Natural Resources

Matthew Chapman, Director, Waste Management Protection Division, Agency of Natural Resources

Susan Alexander, Manager, Lamoille Regional Solid Waste District

Matthew Cota, Owner, Meadow Hill Consulting Firm

Jennifer Holliday, Director of Public Policy and Communications, Chittenden Solid Waste District

John Malter, Administrator, Mad River Resource Management Alliance

John Leddy, Executive Director, Northwest Vermont Solid Waste Management District

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   H. 67 - An act relating to household products containing hazardous substances

Paul Burns, Executive Director, Vermont Public Interest Research Group

Erin Sigrist, President, Vermont Retail & Grocers Association

Bob Spencer, Executive  Director, Windham Solid Waste Management District

John Fay, Programs Manager, Windham Solid Waste Management District

Bill Driscoll, Vice President, Associated Industries of Vermont

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

3:35 PM                   Discussion of Budget Adjustment Act

Letter to House Appropriations

 

Thursday, January 26, 2023

9:00 AM                   Electricity 101

TJ Poor, Director of Planning, Department of Public Service

 

10:30 AM                   ISO New England Introduction

Sarah Adams, State Policy Adviser, ISO New England

Eric Johnson, Director of External Affairs, ISO New England

 

11:15 AM                   VELCO Introduction

Kerrick Johnson, Chief Innovation and Communications Officer, Vermont Electric Power Company

Hantz Presume, Manager, Transmission Planning, Vermont Electric Power Company

 

-                                  Lunch

 

1:15 PM                   Electricity Policy

TJ Poor, Director of Planning, Department of Public Service

Anne Margolis, Deputy Planning Director, Department of Public Service

 

3:00 PM                   House Floor

 

After the Floor                     Ethics Training

 

Friday, January 27, 2023

9:30 AM                   House Floor

 

15 min After Floor                   Overview of the VT Universal Service Fund and E-911

Maria Royle, Legislative Counsel, Office of Legislative Counsel

Barbara M. Neal, Executive Director, Enhanced 9-1-1 Board

 

-                                   Lunch

 

1:00 PM                   Climate Action Plan and Natural Solutions

Jane Lazorchak, Director of the Office of Climate Action, Agency of Natural Resources

 

2:00 PM                   Old Forests and Biodiversity

Northeast Wilderness Trust

Jon Leibowitz, Executive  Director, Northeast Wilderness Trust

 

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

 Cate DePonte at cdeponte@leg.state.vt.us