McDuffie Holds a Joint Hearing on the Financing of Undergrounding Power Lines

 

 

MEDIA ALERT

 

McDuffie Holds a Joint Hearing on the Financing of Undergrounding Power Lines

 

What:             Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie (D – Ward 5), Chairperson of the Committee on Government Operations, along with Councilmember Jack Evans (D – Ward 2), Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Revenue, will convene a joint public hearing on the legislative framework needed to implement and fund the undergrounding of several electric feeder lines in the District.

 

When:            Monday, October 21, 2013

                        11 a.m.

 

Where:           Room 412 of the John A. Wilson Building

1350 Pennsylvania Ave, NW

Washington, DC 20004

 

Who:              Councilmember Kenyan R. McDuffie, Chair of the Committee on Government Operations, and Councilmember Jack Evans, Chairperson of the Committee on Finance and Revenue

 

Media
Contact:         Stephanie Liotta-Atkinson, Legislative and Communications Director

                         202.297.0152, satkinson@dccouncil.us

 

Additional

Information:

 

DRAFT AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST

 

1.  CALL TO ORDER
2.  OPENING REMARKS
3. WITNESS TESTIMONY

B20-0387 The “Electric Company Infrastructure Improvement Financing Act of 2013”

Public Witnesses                   

                           i.      Frann G. Francis                      Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan

                         ii.      W. Shaun Pharr                       Apartment and Office Building Association of Metropolitan

                       iii.      Amy Vruno                               Washington Interfaith Network  

                       iv.      Pedro Alfonso                          Dynamic Concepts Inc.

                         v.      Dorothy Brizill                         DC Watch

                       vi.      James McSpadden                   AARP

                     vii.      Robert Robinson                     Grid 2.0

                   viii.      Larry Martin                            Grid 2.0

                       ix.      Albrette “Gigi” Ransom           Public Witness

                         x.      George Gilbert                         DC Jobs or Else

                       xi.      Michael Sindram                     Veteran

Utility Witnesses

                           i.      Steven Jumper                         Washington Gas

                         ii.      Stephen Price                          Washington Gas

                       iii.      Joe Rigby                                  Pepco

                       iv.      Thomas Tucker                       Comcast             

Government Witnesses

                           i.      Allen Lew                               City Administrator

                         ii.      Betty Ann Kane                     Chairman, Public Service Commission

                       iii.      Sandra Mattavous-Frye       People’s Counsel, Office of the People’s Counsel

                       iv.      John Ross                               Director and Senior Advisor, OCFO

 

ADJOURNMENT