This was the third in four days of legislative hearings on the discussion draft of “The American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.” The hearings will examine the views of the Administration and a broad range of stakeholders on the discussion draft.
Witness List
Panel 1: Allocation Policies to Assist Consumers
- Jeff Sterba, Chairman and CEO, PNM Resources Inc. (on behalf of the Edison Electric Institute)
- Glenn English, CEO, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association
- Mark Crisson, President and CEO, American Public Power Association
- John Somerhalder, II, Chairman, CEO, and President, AGL Resources (on behalf of the American Gas Association)
- Richard Morgan, Commissioner, District of Columbia Public Service Commission (on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners)
- Richard Cowart, Director, Regulatory Assistance Project
- Robert Greenstein, Executive Director, Center for Budget and Policy Priorities
- Dr. Robert Michaels, Professor of Economics, California State University
- Darryl Bassett, Empower Consumers
Panel 2: Ensuring U.S. Competitiveness and International Participation
- Rich Wells, Vice President for Energy, The Dow Chemical Company
- Tom Conway, International Vice President, United Steel Workers
- Jack McMackin, Principal, Williams and Jensen, LLC (on behalf of the Energy Intensive Manufacturers Working Group on Greenhouse Gas Regulation)
- Trevor Houser, Visiting Fellow, Peterson Institute for International Economics
- Eliot Diringer, Vice President for International Strategies, Pew Center on Global Climate Change
- Pastor Doug Smith, Virginia Interfaith Society for Public Policy
- Lee Lane, American Enterprise Institute
Panel 3: Low Carbon Electricity, Carbon Capture and Storage, Renewables, and Grid Modernization
- Dr. Howard Gruenspecht, Acting Administrator, U. S. Energy Information Agency
- Dian Grueneich, Commissioner, California Public Utilities Commission
- Dan Reicher, Director of Climate Change and Energy Initiatives, Google, Inc.
- Jim Robo, President and Chief Operating Officer, FPL Group
- David Hawkins, Director of Climate Programs, Natural Resources Defense Council
- Dr. Gregory Kunkel, Vice President for Environment Affairs, Tenaska, Inc.
- Jonathan Briggs, Regional Director of the Americas, Hydrogen Energy International
- Eugene Trisko (on behalf of the United Mine Workers of America)
- James Kerr, former Commissioner, North Carolina Public Utilities Commission
- Dr. Jay Apt, Associate Professor, Carnegie Mellon University
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