Hill Heat

Witnesses:

• Dr. Richard B. Alley, Evan Pugh Professor of Geosciences and Associate of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute, Pennsylvania State University
• Dr. Robin E. Bell, Lamont Research Professor, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, Columbia University
• Dr. Twila A. Moon, Research Scientist, National Snow and Ice Data Center’s (NSIDC) Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences
• Dr. Gabriel J. Wolkon, Research Scientist and Manager, Climate and Cryosphere Hazards Program, Division of Geological & Geophysical Surveys, Alaska Department of Natural Resources
• Dr. W. Tad Pfeffer, Fellow, Institute of Arctic and Alpine Research, University of Colorado Boulde

H.R. 3068 (Rep. Keating), To establish an offshore wind career training grant program, and for other purposes. “Offshore Wind Jobs and Opportunities Act”

Witnesses:

• Katharine Hayhoe, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Political Science; and Director of the Climate Science Center, Texas Tech University
• Solomon Hsiang, Ph.D., Chancellor’s Professor of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley
• J. Alfredo Gómez, Director, Natural Resources and Environment, U.S. Government Accountability Office
• Oren Cass, Senior Fellow, Manhattan Institute

Panel 1

• William D. Magwood, Director-General, OECD Nuclear Energy Agency
• Chris Levesque, Chief Executive Officer, TerraPower
• Bob Perciasepe, President, Center for Climate and Energy Solutions

Opening Remarks

• Sen. Lisa Murkowski, Chairman, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
• Sen. Joe Manchin, Ranking Member, Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources

Witness Panel 1

• Dr. George Crabtree, Director, Joint Center for Energy Storage Research (JCESR), Argonne National Laboratory
• Mitch Davidson, CEO, US Brookfield Renewable
• Ben Fowke, Chairman of the Board, President & Chief Executive Officer, Xcel Energy Inc.
• Kiran Kumaraswamy, VP, Market Applications Fluence
• Andrew Ott, President and CEO, PJM Interconnection LLC