The CLEAN Future Act: Industrial Climate Policies to Create Jobs and Support Working Communities
H.R. 1512, the “Climate Leadership and Environmental Action for Our Nation’s Future Act” or the “CLEAN Future Act”
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Efforts to Address Marine Plastic Pollution Through Recycling
- Winnie Lau, Senior Manager, Preventing Ocean Plastics, The Pew Charitable Trusts
- Ginger Spencer, Public Works Director, City of Phoenix, Arizona
- Nicole Collier, Senior Director, Corporate Affairs, Nestlé USA
Lessons Learned from the Texas Blackouts: Research Needs for a Secure and Resilient Grid
Witnesses
- Dr. Jesse Jenkins, Assistant Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment at Princeton University
- Dr. Varun Rai, Associate Dean for Research; Professor of Public Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin
- Juan Torres, Associate Laboratory Director, Energy Systems Integration National Renewable Energy Laboratory
- Beth Garza, Senior Fellow, R Street Institute
- Dr. Sue Tierney, Senior Advisor, Analysis Group
21st Century Economy: Protecting the Financial System from Risks Associated with Climate Change
- Gregory Gelzinis, Associate Director For Economic Policy, Center for American Progress
- Dr. Nathaniel Keohane, Senior Vice President, Climate, Environmental Defense Fund
- Marilyn Waite, Climate and Clean Energy Finance Program Officer, The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation Republican witnesses
- Dr. John Cochrane, Senior Fellow, Hoover Institution, Stanford University
- Dr. Benjamin Zycher, Resident Scholar, American Enterprise Institute
Office of Public Participation Listening Sessions: Landowners and Communities Affected by Infrastructure Development
Commission staff will host a series of listening sessions to give members of the public an opportunity to provide their thoughts and ideas about the creation of the Office of Public Participation (OPP).
Pre-registration for speakers is highly recommended. Speaking priority will be provided to members of the public or representatives of Tribal governments who pre-register for a listening session. Following a brief introduction from Commission staff, each session will be open to the public for 3-5 minutes of comment per participant. Participants who have not pre-registered will be invited to speak after pre-registered participants, time permitting. Participants on the call have the option to listen only and can submit though eComment.
In advance of the listening sessions, participants may wish to consider the issues listed below:
- Section 319 of the FPA states that the OPP will be administered by a Director. (16 U.S.C. § 825q–1(a)(2)(A)). In addition to the Director, how should the office be structured?
- Should the Commission consider creating an advisory board for OPP? If so, what role would the board serve and who should be on the board?
- How should the OPP coordinate assistance to persons intervening or participating, or seeking to intervene or participate, in a Commission proceeding?
- To what extent do you, or the organization you represent, currently interact with the Commission? What has hindered or helped your ability to participate in Commission proceedings?
- Have you engaged with other governmental entities—such as local, state, and other federal agencies—on matters involving your interests? If so, how did those agencies engage in outreach, and what practices improved your ability to participate in their processes?
- How should the OPP engage with Tribal Governments, environmental justice communities, energy consumers, landowners, and other members of the public affected by Commission proceedings? Section 319 of the FPA allows the Commission to promulgate rules to offer compensation for attorney fees and other expenses to intervenors and participants who substantially contribute to a significant Commission proceeding if participation otherwise would result in significant financial hardship. (16 U.S.C. § 825q–1(b)(2)). How should the Commission approach the issue of intervenor compensation? What should the OPP’s role be with respect to intervenor compensation? How should the Commission establish a budget for and fund intervenor compensation? What lessons can the Commission learn from the administration of similar state intervenor compensation programs?
The sessions will be open for the public to attend, and there is no fee for attendance. Listening sessions will be audio-only. Call-in information details, including preregistration, can be found on the OPP website. Information will also be posted on the Calendar of Events on the Commission’s website, www.ferc.gov, prior to the event. The listening sessions will be transcribed and placed into the record approximately one week after the session date.
The listening sessions will be accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please send an email to [email protected] or call toll free 1-866-208-3372 (voice) or 202-502-8659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 with the required accommodations.
The public may also submit written comments on these topics to the record in Docket No. AD21-9-000 by Friday, April 23, 2021. Please file comments using the Commission’s eFiling system at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY).
Domestic Manufacturing for a Clean Energy Future
- Roxanne Brown, International Vice President at Large, United Steelworkers
- Dr. Pat Choate, Director, Manufacturing Policy Project
- Tim Cortes, Chief Technology Officer, Plug Power
- Dr. Thomas Kurfess, Chief Manufacturing Officer, Interim Director – Manufacturing Science Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Climate Change, National Security, and the Arctic
- Sherri Goodman, Senior Fellow, Wilson Center
- Vice Admiral Dennis V. McGinn, Advisory Board Member, Center for Climate and Security