The Committee on Energy and Commerce will hold a hearing titled, “The U.S. Climate Action Partnership” on Thursday, January 15, 2009, at 9:00 a.m., in 2123 Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing will present the perspectives of members of the U.S. Climate Action Partnership (“USCAP”), a coalition of over 30 businesses and nongovernmental organizations that has called for Congress to pass legislation to address the climate change threat.

The following witnesses have been invited to testify:

• James Mulva, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, ConocoPhillips
• Jim Rogers, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Duke Energy
• Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund
• John Rowe, President & Chief Executive Officer, Exelon Corporation
• Jeffrey Immelt, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, General Electric
• Frances Beinecke, President, Natural Resources Defense Council
• David Crane, President and Chief Executive Officer, NRG Energy
• Eileen Claussen, President, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• Peter Darbee, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, PG&E Corporation
• Jeffry Sterba, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, PNM Resources
• Preston Chiaro, Chief Executive - Energy and Minerals, Rio Tinto
• George Nolen, President and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Corporation
• Mark Tercek, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Nature Conservancy
• Jonathan Lash, President, World Resources Institute