The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, led by Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA), will hold an oversight field hearing on "Solar Energy Development on Federal Lands: The Road to Consensus."
Subject:
House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Oversight Field Hearing on "Solar Energy Development on Federal Lands: The Road to Consensus"
When:
Monday, May 11, 2009, at 9:00 a.m.
Where:
University of California, Riverside (UCR)
Palm Desert Graduate Center
75080 Frank Sinatra Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211
Witnesses:
Panel 1
The Honorable Jim Ferguson
Councilman, City of Palm Desert, California
Commissioner Julia Levin(
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California Energy Commission
Commissioner Rachelle Chong
California Public Utilities Commission
Mr. James Abbott
Acting State Director, California State Office
Bureau of Land Management
Mr. Thomas M. Kretzschmar
Senior Projects Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Panel 2
Mr. Steven Malnight
Vice President of Renewable Energy
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Mr. Bill Corcoran, Senior Regional Representative, Sierra Club
Oh behalf of
Mr. Carl Zichella, Western Renewable Projects Director, Sierra Club
Ms. Katherine Gensler
Manager of Regulatory & Legislative Affairs
Solar Energy Industries Association
Mr. Michael Niggli
Chief Operating Officer
Sempra Energy Utilities
Opening Statement:
Chairman Jim Costa
