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SENATE NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING |
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COMMITTEE: Natural Resources TIME & DATE: 8:30 AM, Tuesday, February 15, 2011 PLACE: Senate Chamber |
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The Senate Committee on Natural Resources will convene in a joint hearing with the Senate Committee on Business and Commerce at 8:30 a.m. on February 15, 2011, in the Senate Chamber. The purpose of the hearing is to receive updates on the power outages of February 2nd through 4th and to discuss the status, preparedness, and responsiveness of current operating procedures. Invited and public testimony.
I. Introduction and Opening Remarks
II. Invited Testimony
Panel 1 Barry Smitherman, Chairman, Public Utility Commission of Texas Trip Doggett, President and CEO, Electric Reliability Council of Texas Michael Williams, Commissioner, Railroad Commission of Texas Bryan Shaw, Chairman, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality Sheri Givens, Public Counsel, Office of Public Utility Counsel
Panel 2 David Campbell, Chief Executive Office, Luminant Ned Ross, Director, Government Affairs, Direct Energy John Ragan, Regional President, NRG
Panel 3 Brenda J. Pulis, Senior Vice President of Operations, Oncor Wade Smith, President and Chief Operating Officer, AEP Texas Larry Weis, General Manager, Austin Energy
Panel 4 Dick Erskine, President, Atmos Pipeline Company Scott Doyle, Division Vice President, Texas Operations, Centerpoint Energy Steve Turk, Vice President of Operations, Southern Division, Chesapeake Energy
III. Public Testimony
IV. Adjourn
Written testimony is welcome, please submit 24 copies with your name on each copy to the Committee staff at the hearing, and please provide an electronic copy at your earliest opportunity. If you would like to speak during public testimony, please limit oral remarks to three minutes.
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