The House Natural Resources Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources, led by Rep. Jim Costa (D-CA), will hold an oversight hearing on "Renewable Energy Opportunities and Issues on Federal Lands: Review of Title II, Subtitle B - Geothermal Energy of EPAct." Other renewable programs and proposals for public resources will also be discussed.

Subject:
House Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources
Oversight Hearing on "Renewable Energy Opportunities and Issues on Federal Lands: Review of Title II, Subtitle B - Geothermal Energy of EPAct"

When:
Thursday, April 19, 2007, at 2:00 p.m.

Where:
Room 1324 Longworth House Office Building

Witnesses:
Panel 1
Mr. Jim Hughes, Director, Bureau of Land Management
Professor Jeff Tester, Chair, MIT Climate Change Panel
Mr. Daniel Kunz, President, US Geothermal Inc.
Mr. Paul Thomsen, Public Policy Administrator, ORMAT Nevada

Panel 2
Mr. Randall Swisher, Executive Director, American Wind Energy Association
Mr. Robert Gough, Secretary, Intertribal Council on Utility Policy
Ms. Lynn Jungwirth, Executive Director, The Watershed Research and Training Center
Mr. Joshua Bar-Lev, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Bright Source Energy
Mr. Will Lutgen, Jr., Executive Director, Northwest Public Power Association