The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Insular Affairs, led by Del. Donna M. Christensen (D-VI), and Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, led by Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA), will hold a joint oversight field hearing on "Charting a Clean Energy Future for the Insular Areas."

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Insular Affairs
House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Joint Oversight Field Hearing on "Charting a Clean Energy Future for the Insular Areas"

When:
Saturday, April 12, 2008 at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Frits E. Lawaetz Conference Room
Legislature of the Virgin Islands
Frederickstead
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands

Witnesses:
Panel 1
Mr. Bevan Smith, Director, Virgin Islands Energy Office
The Honorable Usie Richards, President, 27th Legislature of the Virgin Islands
Joseph B. Boschulte, Chairman, Public Services Commission
Mr. Hugo Hodge, Executive Director, Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority
Mr. Daryll Miller, President, St. Croix Alliance to Protect Utility Ratepayers

Panel 2
Mr. Robert Nicholson, III, Sea Solar Power International, LLC
Mr. James Resor, Chief Financial Officer, groSolar
Ms. Frazier Blaylock, Director of Federal Government Relations, Covanta Holding Corporation
Mr. Jim Powell, Senior Policy Advisor, Southern States Energy Board

Panel 3
Mr. Nikolao Pula, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Insular Affairs, U.S. Department of the Interior
Mr. Drew Bond, Director of Commercialization, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy