SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND MINERAL RESOURCES
Palm Desert Graduate Center, University of California, Riverside (UCR)
75080 Frank Sinatra Drive, Palm Desert, CA 92211
Monday, May 11, 2009
9:00 a.m. PST
OVERSIGHT FIELD HEARING ON:
- "Solar Energy Development on Federal Lands: The Road to Consensus"
WITNESSES & TESTIMONY:
Panel I
The Honorable Jim Ferguson
Councilman, City of Palm Desert, California
Commissioner Julia Levin
California Energy Commission
Commissioner Rachelle Chong
California Public Utilities Commission
James Abbott
Acting State Director, California State Office
Bureau of Land Management
Thomas M. Kretzschmar
Senior Projects Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Panel III
Steven Malnight
Vice President of Renewable Energy
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Carl Zichella
Western Renewable Projects Director
Sierra Club
Katherine Gensler
Manager of Regulatory & Legislative Affairs
Solar Energy Industries Association
Michael Niggli
Chief Operating Officer
Sempra Energy Utilities
