Tuesday, April 9, 2019

Agenda Posted: Senate Consumer Protection Committee Hearing On SB 510 Nuclear Power Bill April 10

The Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee will hold a hearing on Senate Bill 510 (Aument-R-Lancaster) adding nuclear power plants to the Alternative Energy Portfolio Standards to provide financial support to the industry.
This is the Senate version of House Bill 11 (Mehaffie-R-Dauphin) that was the subject of the first of 4 hearings by the House Consumer Affairs Committee on April 8. [Note: Written testimony by former Gov. Tom Ridge and Mike Pries, Dauphin County Commissioner from the House hearing was just made available.]
Presenters scheduled to provide testimony are--
-- Introduction: Sen. Ryan Aument, prime sponsor
-- Overview of Nuclear in the United States
-- Kristy Hartman, Program Director, National Conference of State Legislatures
-- Dan Shea, Policy Associate, National Conference of State Legislatures
-- Pennsylvania’s Nuclear Energy Interests
-- Kathleen Barron, Senior Vice President, Government & Regulatory Affairs, Exelon
-- Dave Griffing, Vice President, Government Affairs, FirstEnergy Solutions
-- Debra Raggio, Senior Vice President, Regulatory & External Affairs Counsel, Talen Energy
-- Steve Brame, Vice President, Public Affairs & Member Services, PA Rural Electric Association/ Allegheny Electric Cooperative, Inc.
-- Pennsylvania’s Non-Nuclear Energy Interests
-- David J. Spigelmyer, President, Marcellus Shale Coalition
-- Glen Thomas, former Chair PUC, President, GT Power Group
Additional written testimony has been provided to the Committee by: Gov. Ed Rendell.
The hearing will be held in Hearing Room 1 of the North Office Building starting at 1:30.  Click Here to watch the hearing live.
Sen. Tommy Tomlinson (R-Bucks) serves as Majority Chair of the Consumer Protection Committee and can be contacted by calling 717-787-5072 or sending email to: rtomlinson@pasen.gov.  Sen. Lisa Boscola (D-Lehigh) serves as Minority Chair and can be contacted by calling 717-787-4236 or sending email to: boscola@pasenate.com.
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