Hill Heat

Member Statements:

• Max Baucus, MT

Witnesses

• Gilbert E. Metcalf, Ph.D., Professor of Economics, Tufts University
• David Greene, Ph.D., Corporate Fellow, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Center for Transportation Analysis, National Transportation Research Center
• John M. Urbanchuk, Ph.D., Director, LECG, LLC,

04/23/2009 at 10:00AM

Panel I: Permit Allocations And Revenues

Panel II: International Competitiveness

Panel III: Smarter, Cleaner Electricity

04/23/2009 at 09:30AM

Under the stimulus, GSA will receive $4.5 billion to make its facilities “high-performance green buildings” that reduce energy and water use and generate less waste.

Witnesses

Panel 1

• Paul F. Prouty, Acting Administrator, General Services Administration

Panel 2

• Doug Gatlin, Vice President, Market Development, U.S. Green Building Council *Lane Burt, Energy Policy Analyst, Natural Resources Defense Council
• Dr. Harvey Bryan, Professor, School of Architecture & Landscape Architecture, School of Sustainability, Arizona State University

04/22/2009 at 10:00AM

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on energy efficiency resource standards, including S. 548, a bill to amend the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal energy efficiency resource standard for retail electricity and natural gas distributors, and for other purposes.

Witnesses

Panel 1

• Sen. Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.)

Panel 2

• Patricia Hoffman, Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Energy, U.S. Department of Energy
• Paul A. Centolella, Commissioner, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio Mr. David Manning, Executive Vice President of External Affairs, National Grid
• Thomas Skains, Chairman, American Gas Association
• Steven Nadel, Executive Director, American Council for an Energy-Efficent Economy
• Rich Wells, Vice President of Energy, The Dow Chemical Company

04/22/2009 at 10:00AM

U.S. EPA is poised to create a new national greenhouse gas registry. Data collected by the registry is expected to serve as a foundation for any national effort to regulate carbon dioxide emissions.

EPA is required by law to finalize the rule establishing the registry by June. The agency submitted a revised proposal to the White House Office of Management and Budget last month, replacing a draft released last fall by the outgoing Bush administration.

Witnesses

• Dr. Alexander MacDonald, Director, Earth Systems Research Laboratory, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
• Dina Kruger, Director, Climate Change Division, Office of Atmospheric Programs, Environmental Protection Agency
• Dr. Beverly Law, Professor, Global Change Forest Science, Oregon State University; Science Chair of the AmeriFlux Network
• Dr. Patrick Gallagher, Deputy Director, National Institute of Standards and Technology
• Michael Freilich, Director, Earth Science Division, NASA
• Richard Birdsey, Project Leader, Climate, Fire, and Carbon Cycle Science, USDA Forest Service; Chair of the Carbon Cycle Scientific Steering Group

04/22/2009 at 10:00AM

Witnesses Panel 1

• Todd Stern, Special Envoy for Climate Change, Department of State

Panel 2

• Helene Gayle, President and Chief Executive Officer, CARE
• Ned Helme, President, Center for Clean Air Policy
• Paul Camuti, President and Chief Executive Officer, Siemens Corporate Research

04/22/2009 at 09:30AM

Panel I: Administration

• Lisa Jackson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency
• Steven Chu, Secretary of Energy
• Ray La Hood, Secretary of Transportation

Panel II: USCAP

Panel III: The Economic Benefits of Green Jobs

04/22/2009 at 09:30AM

Member statements.

04/21/2009 at 03:00PM

Nominations include:

• Ms. Sherburne B. Abbott of Texas, to be Associate Director of the Office of Science and Technology Policy at the Executive Office of the President
• Mr. Peter Appel to be the Administrator of the Research and Innovative Technology Administration at the U.S. Department of Transportation
• Ms. April S. Boyd to be Assistant Secretary for Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs at the U.S. Department of Commerce
• Mr. Dana G. Gresham to be the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Government Affairs, at the U.S. Department of Transportation
• Mr. Cameron Kerry to be General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Commerce
• Mr. Roy W. Kienitz to be the Under Secretary of Transportation for Policy at the U.S. Department of Transportation
• Mr. Robert Rivkin to be the General Counsel at the U.S. Department of Transportation
• Mr. Joseph C. Szabo to be Administrator of the Federal Railroad Administration

04/21/2009 at 02:30PM

On April 21, the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) will release the results of a two-year study that found that the United States can significantly reduce carbon emissions and lower energy bills by implementing an emissions cap in conjunction with a suite of energy and transportation policies. UCS’s recommended approach is similar to the one proposed recently by Reps. Henry Waxman (D-Calif.) and Edward Markey (D-Mass.) in a draft discussion climate bill.

The UCS analysis, “Climate 2030: A National Blueprint for a Clean Energy Economy,” uses a modified version of the Department of Energy’s National Energy Modeling System (NEMS) and projects how UCS recommendations would reduce emissions and lower energy costs over the next 20 years. The analysis also provides projections of net business savings on energy and net consumer savings by household and region.

WHO

• Kevin Knobloch, UCS president
• Rachel Cleetus, UCS climate economist
• Steve Clemmer, UCS Clean Energy Program research director
• David Friedman, UCS Clean Vehicles Program research director

For the visual portion of UCS’s “webinar,” go to: cc.readytalk.com/r/i6a7q64a5vtw (please log in early to avoid any bottlenecks)

For the audio portion, call: 866-740-1260, access code: 3018025

04/21/2009 at 11:00AM