The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, led by Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA), and Subcommittee on Water and Power, led by Rep. Grace Napolitano (D-CA), will hold a joint oversight hearing on "Getting Past Gridlock: Models for Renewable Energy Siting and Transmission."




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Subject:
House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
House Subcommittee on Water and Power
Joint Oversight Hearing on "Getting Past Gridlock: Models for Renewable Energy Siting and Transmission"

When:
Thursday, November 5, 2009 at 10:00 a.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:

Panel 1

Ms. Marcilynn Burke
Deputy Director
Bureau of Land Management
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

Accompanied by:
Mr. Ray Brady
Renewable Energy Program Manager
Bureau of Land Management
Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.

Ms. Patricia Hoffman
Acting Assistant Secretary
Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
Department of Energy
Washington, D.C.

Panel 2

The Honorable Dian Grueneich
Commissioner
California Public Utilities Commission
San Francisco, California

Mr. Rich W. Halvey
Energy Program Director
Western Governors' Association
Denver, Colorado

Mr. Tom Wray(Attachment)
Manager
SunZia Southwest Transmission Project
Southwestern Power Group
Phoenix, Arizona

Mr. Carl Zichella(Attachment)
Director
Western Renewable Programs
Sierra Club
San Francisco, California

Mr. Jim Sims
Chairman and Chief Executive Officer
Western Business Roundtable
Lakewood, Colorado

Mr. A. Richard Walje
President
Rocky Mountain Power
PacifiCorp
Salt Lake City, Utah


Opening Statement:
Chairman Jim Costa

Chairwoman Grace Napolitano