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The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony regarding legislation to improve the availability of financing for deployment of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies and to enhance United States’ competitiveness in this market through the creation of a Clean Energy Deployment Administration within the Department of Energy. A joint discussion draft of the bill is posted on the Committee’s website.

Witnesses

Panel 1

• Matt Rogers, Senior Advisor for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Department of Energy
• Dan Reicher, Director of Climate Change & Energy Initiatives, Google.Org
• John Denniston,Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers
• Jeanine Hull, Counsel, Dykema Gossett PLLC
• Joe Hezir, Vice President, EOP Group

Witnesses

Panel 1

• Mathy Stanislaus, Nominated to be Assistant Administrator for Solid Waste and Emergency Response, Environmental Protection Agency
• Cynthia Giles, Nominated to be Assistant Administrator for Enforcement and Compliance Assurance, Environmental Protection Agency
• Michelle DePass, Nominated to be Assistant Administrator for International Affairs, Environmental Protection Agency

Panel I: Security and Responsibility

Panel II: Transportation

Panel III: Well-Regulated Markets

The purpose of the hearing is to consider the nomination of Kristina M. Johnson, to be the Under Secretary of Energy, the nomination of Steven Elliot Koonin, to be the Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy, the nomination of Ines R. Triay, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Environmental Management), the nomination of Hilary Chandler Tompkins, to be Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, and the nomination of Scott Blake Harris, to be the General Counsel of the Department of Energy.

Witness

• Gary F. Locke, Secretary U.S. Department of Commerce

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,

Panel I: Permit Allocations And Revenues

Panel II: International Competitiveness

Panel III: Smarter, Cleaner Electricity

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

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