The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, led by Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA), will hold an oversight field hearing on "Solar Energy Development on Federal Lands: The Road to Consensus."

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Oversight Field Hearing on "Solar Energy Development on Federal Lands: The Road to Consensus"

When:
Monday, May 11, 2009, at 9:00 a.m.

Where:
University of California, Riverside (UCR)
Palm Desert Graduate Center
75080 Frank Sinatra Drive
Palm Desert, CA 92211

Witnesses:

Panel 1

The Honorable Jim Ferguson
Councilman, City of Palm Desert, California

Commissioner Julia Levin(attachment)
California Energy Commission

Commissioner Rachelle Chong
California Public Utilities Commission

Mr. James Abbott
Acting State Director, California State Office
Bureau of Land Management

Mr. Thomas M. Kretzschmar
Senior Projects Manager
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers

Panel 2

Mr. Steven Malnight
Vice President of Renewable Energy
Pacific Gas and Electric Company

Mr. Bill Corcoran, Senior Regional Representative, Sierra Club
Oh behalf of
Mr. Carl Zichella, Western Renewable Projects Director, Sierra Club

Ms. Katherine Gensler
Manager of Regulatory & Legislative Affairs
Solar Energy Industries Association

Mr. Michael Niggli
Chief Operating Officer
Sempra Energy Utilities

Opening Statement:
Chairman Jim Costa