Hill Heat

This hearing will serve as a legislative hearing for three bills that would authorize research, development, and demonstration activities carried out or supported by the U.S. Department of Energy in the areas of grid security, hydrogen, and pipelines. Attached are discussion drafts of bills under consideration.

Opening Statements:

• Subcommittee Chairman Brandon Williams
• Chairman Frank Lucas

Witnesses:

• Spencer Nelson, Managing Director – Research and New Initiatives, ClearPath
• Dr. Richard Boardman, Directorate Fellow, Idaho National Laboratory, Energy and Environmental Science & Technology
• Cliff Johnson, President, Pipeline Research Council International
• Dr. Arvind Ravikumar, Co-Director, Energy Emissions Modeling and Data Lab Research Associate Professor, Department of Petroleum and Geosystems Engineering, the University of Texas at Austin
• Jason Fuller, Chief Energy Resilience Engineer, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory

Legislation:

• Discussion draft: Grid Security
• Discussion draft: Hydrogen
• Discussion draft: LNG pipelines