Hill Heat

_Witnesses_

• Preston Chiaro, Chief Executive Officer, Energy Product Group, Rio Tinto
• John Rowe, Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer, Exelon Corporation
• Dr. Willett Kempton, Professor, Marine Policy, University of Delaware
• Bob Winger, President, International Brotherhood of Boilermakers, Local 11
• Fred Krupp, President, Environmental Defense Fund
• Mike Carey, President, Ohio Coal Association
• Bob Stallman, President, American Farm Bureau Federation

10/29/2009 at 09:30AM

This hearing was originally scheduled for October 15.

Chairman Edward J. Markey (D-Mass.) of the Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming announced that he will be holding an investigative hearing into the fraudulent letters sent to Congress on clean energy and climate legislation. The Select Committee has now discovered more than a dozen fraudulent letters were sent to several members of Congress as part of an “Astroturf” campaign run by the firm, Bonner & Associates, and contracted by the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity. This campaign was designed to influence members of Congress on the House-passed Waxman-Markey climate and energy bill.

The hearing will feature some of the central figures in the controversy, including victims of the fraud. The fraudulent letters were staged to appear as if they were sent by groups representing senior citizens, minorities and veterans.

While the hearing will focus on the specific events surrounding this fraud on Congress, the practice of “Astroturf” – corporate-funded activities that create the false appearance of a true grassroots movement – has come to the fore in American political discourse surrounding the debates over health care and energy legislation.

Witnesses

• Jack Bonner, Bonner & Associates
• Steve Miller, President and CEO, American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity
• Lisa M. Maatz, Director of Public Policy and Government Relations, American Association of University Women
• Hilary O. Shelton, Director and Senior Vice President for Advocacy and Policy, NAACP Washington Bureau

10/29/2009 at 09:30AM

_Witnesses_

• Shari T. Wilson, Secretary, Maryland Department of the Environment
• Ronald E. Young, President, California Association of Sanitation Agencies
• Dr. Peter C. Frumhoff, Chief Scientist, Climate Campaign, Union of Concerned Scientists
• Larry J. Schweiger, President and Chief Executive Officer, National Wildlife Federation
• Fawn Sharp, President, Quinault Indian Nation
• Jim Sims, President and Chief Executive Officer, Western Business Roundtable
• Kenneth P. Green, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute

10/28/2009 at 02:00PM

Witnesses

Panel 1

• Jonathan B. Jarvis, Director, National Park Service, Department of the Interior

Panel 2

• Dr. Reed F. Noss, Davis-Shine Professor of Conservation Biology, University of Central Florida
• Iliff McMahan, Jr., County Mayor, Cocke County, Tennessee
• Dr. Steve Williams, President, Wildlife Management Institute

10/28/2009 at 02:00PM

_Witnesses_

• David Crane, President and Chief Executive Officer, NRG Energy, Inc.
• Ralph Izzo, Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President, Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated (PSEG)
• Kevin Law, President and Chief Executive Officer, Long Island Power Authority
• Nathaniel Keohane, Director of Economic Policy and Analysis, Environmental Defense Fund
• Joel Bluestein, Senior Vice President, ICF International
• Barry Hart, Chief Executive Officer, Association of Missouri Electric Cooperatives
• Dustin Johnson, Commissioner, South Dakota Public Utilities Commission

10/28/2009 at 01:00PM

_Witnesses_

• John Warner, United States Senator (Retired)
• Kathleen Hicks, Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Strategy, Plans, and Forces, United States Department of Defense
• Vice Admiral Dennis McGinn USN (Ret.), Member, Military Advisory Board Center for Naval Analyses
• Major General Robert H. Scales (Ret.), Drew Sloan Fellow, Truman National Security Project
• Lieutenant Colonel James Jay Carafano (Ret.), Deputy Director, Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for International Studies, Director, Douglas and Sarah Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies, The Heritage Foundation

10/28/2009 at 11:00AM

Witnesses

• Richard Newell, Administrator, Energy Information Administration
• Lamar McKay, Chairman and President, BP America
• David Wilks, President of Energy Supply, Xcel Energy Services Inc.
• Edward Stones, Director of Energy Risk, The Dow Chemical Company
• Dennis McConaghy, Senior Vice President of Business Development, TransCanada Pipelines
• Jack Fusco, President and Chief Executive Officer, Calpine Corporation

10/28/2009 at 10:00AM

_Witnesses_

• Peter Brehm, Vice President of Business Development & Government Relations, Infinia Corporation
• Dan Reicher, Director, Climate and Energy Initiatives, Google
• Dave Foster, Executive Director, Blue Green Alliance
• Michael Nutter, Philadelphia Mayor
• Kate Gordon, Senior Policy Advisor, Apollo Alliance
• Bill Klesse, Chairman and CEO, Valero Energy Corp
• Brett A. Vassey, President and CEO, Virginia Manufacturers Association

10/28/2009 at 09:30AM

Host: Sen. John Kerry

Speakers:

• Rev. Yearwood, Hip Hop Caucus
• Phaedra Ellis-Lamkins, Green For All

Dial-In Number: 1-866-931-7845
Conference Code: 727028

10/27/2009 at 09:00PM

The Environmental and Energy Study Institute (EESI) invites you to a lunch briefing about the role of information and communications technology (ICT) in improving energy efficiency across all major sectors of the economy. As the Congress seeks solutions to the country’s urgent economic and climate crises, energy efficiency has emerged as a prominent win-win solution. According to the 2008 report Smart 2020, the use of ICT hardware, software, and broadband technologies could reduce global energy use enough to save over $900 billion in costs and to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent by 2020. Within the United States, these strategies could save $140-240 billion in costs and reduce emissions by up to 22 percent by 2020. This briefing will explain ICT technologies, outline their impacts on our nation’s energy, climate, and economic objectives, and provide federal policy recommendations for maximizing their deployment and efficacy. Speakers for this event include:

• Rep. Jay Inslee (D-WA)
• Stephen Harper, Global Director, Environment and Energy, Intel Corporation; Co-Chair, Digital Energy Solutions Campaign (DESC)
• Rilck Noel, Vice President and Global Managing Director, Verizon Business
• Clay Nesler, Vice President, Global Energy and Sustainability, Johnson Controls, Inc.
• David Rodgers, Director for Strategic Planning and Analysis, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, U.S. Department of Energy

Energy-saving ICT solutions include the smart grid, smart manufacturing, dynamic building energy management, optimized data centers, smart transportation and telework. The ICT industry is responsible for approximately 2 percent of total global greenhouse gas emissions, but has the potential to significantly reduce the other 98 percent of emissions. Both the House-passed American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009 (H.R. 2454) and the pending American Clean Energy Leadership Act of 2009 (S. 1462) contain numerous provisions that support the role of ICT solutions in advancing energy efficiency.

10/27/2009 at 11:00AM