FULL COMMITTEE HEARING: Weather-Related Electrical Outages

April 26, 2012
09:30 AM
SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building,

The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on weather related electrical outages.

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Member Statements

  • The Honorable Richard Blumenthal

    United States Senate

Witness Panel 1

  • The Honorable Patricia Hoffman

    Assistant Secretary
    Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy

Witness Panel 2

  • Mr. Norman Bay

    Director
    Office of Enforcement, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
  • Mr. Thomas Getz

    Former Chair
    Public Utilities Commission, Concord, NH
  • Mr. John Bilda

    General Manager
    Norwich Public Utilities, Norwich, CT