SUBCOMMITTEE ON INSULAR AFFAIRS
AND
SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
Frits E. Lawaetz Conference Room
Legislature of the Virgin Islands
Frederickstead
St. Croix, US Virgin Islands
Thursday, April 12, 2008
10:00 a.m.

JOINT OVERSIGHT FIELD HEARING ON:

• "Charting a Clean Energy Future for the Insular Areas"

WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:

Panel I

Mr. Bevan Smith
Director
Virgin Islands Energy Office

The Honorable Usie Richards
President
27th Legislature of the Virgin Islands

Joseph B. Boschulte
Chairman
Public Services Commission

Mr. Hugo Hodge
Executive Director
Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority

Mr. Daryll Miller
President
St. Croix Alliance to Protect Utility Ratepayers

Panel II

Mr. Robert Nicholson, III
Sea Solar Power International, LLC

Mr. James Resor
Chief Financial Officer
groSolar

Ms. Frazier Blaylock
Director
Federal Government Relations
Covanta Holding Corp.

Mr. Jim Powell
Senior Policy Advisor
Southern States Energy Board

Panel III

Mr. Nikolao Pula
Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary for Insular Affairs
U.S. Department of the Interior

Mr. Drew Bond
Director of Commercialization
Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
U.S. Department of Energy