Big hearing today in energy and commerce on the smart grid
Published March 03, 2009 @ 08:35AM PT
Today. Right now, as I type this, on Tuesday, March 3, the Senate Energy and Commerce committee will hear testimony on the process of smart grid initiatives and technologies.
Witnesses (that were announced in advance, sometimes this changes at the last minute) are expected to include Commissioner Suedeen Kelly, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Patrick Gallagher, deputy director, National Institute of Standards and Technology;
Frederick Butler, commissioner, National Association of Regulatory, Utility Commissioners, Newark, NJ;
Edward Lu, Program Manager, Google Inc., Mountain View, CA
Patricia Hoffman principal deputy assistant secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy
Katherine Hamilton, president, GridWise Alliance; and
Evan Gaddis, president and chief executive, National Electrical Manufacturers Association.
The point of this hearing is to lay the groundwork for what needs to be in the big climate change bill and in the energy bill. Both of which need to happen ASAP to reverse 8 years of oilmen in the White House and to give the US what it needs to lead the world in response to the climate crisis going in to the Copenhagen talks at the end of this year.
This hearing is an important step in laying the groundwork for the smart grid.
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Liz Rose
- Washington, DC
