SUBCOMMITTEE ON WATER AND POWER
1334 Longworth House Office Building
Thursday, July 29, 2010
10:00 a.m.
OVERSIGHT HEARING ON:
- "Investment in Small Hydropower: Prospects of Expanding Low-Impact and Affordable Hydropower Generation in the West"
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
The Honorable Michael L. Connor
Commissioner
Bureau of Reclamation
U.S. Department of the Interior
Washington, D.C.
Michael G. Ensch
SES, Chief, Operations and Regulatory Community of Practice
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Washington, D.C.
Jeff Wright
Director of the Office of Energy Projects
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Washington, D.C.
Sonya Baskerville
Manager, National Relations Office
Bonneville Power Administration
U.S. Department of Energy
Portland, Oregon
Panel II
Jon Lambeck
Manager of Power Resources
Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Los Angeles, California
Gary Esslinger
Treasurer-Manager
Elephant Butte Irrigation District
Las Cruces, New Mexico
Thomas P. Graves
Executive Director
Mid-West Electric Consumers Association
Wheat Ridge, Colorado
Gia D. Schneider
Chairman and CEO
Natel Energy, Inc.
Alameda, California
John Prescott
President and CEO
PNGC Power
Portland, Oregon
Andrew Fahlund
Senior Vice President, Conservation
American Rivers and the Hydropower Reform Coalition
Washington, D.C.