Washington, D.C. – The Senate Energy & Natural Resources Committee will hold two full committee hearings and two subcommittee hearings next week.
The full committee will hold a hearing Tuesday, March 2, at 10 a.m. in SD-366 to receive testimony on the President’s proposed FY05 Forest Service budget.
Invited witnesses include:
Mark Rey, Undersecretary
Natural Resources & Environment
Department of Agriculture
Dale Bosworth, Chief
U.S. Forest Service
The Public Lands and Forests Subcommittee will hold a hearing Wednesday, March 3, at 2:30 p.m. in SD-366 to receive testimony on S. 1420, the Outfitter Policy Act. Invited witnesses include:
David L. Brown, Director
America Outdoors
Todd Davidson, Director
Oregon Tourism Commission
Dave Simon, Director
Outdoor Activities
Sierra Club
The full committee will hold a hearing Thursday, March 4, at 10 a.m. in SD-366 to receive testimony regarding the Energy Information Administration (EIA) Annual Energy Outlook 2004 forecast. The committee will hear testimony regarding the supply, demand and price projections for oil, natural gas, nuclear, coal and renewable resources. In addition, witnesses will testify regarding commercial and market perspectives on the state of oil and natural gas markets.
Invited witnesses include:
Panel I:
Guy Caruso, Administrator
Energy Information Administration
Department of Energy
Panel II:
Richard J. Sharples, Senior Vice President
Strategic Planning and Marketing
Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
Paul D. Koonce, CEO
Transmission
Dominion Energy, Inc.
Jay Saunders, Vice President
DeutscheBank
The Energy Subcommittee will hold a hearing Thursday, March 4, at 2:30 p.m. in SD-366 on new nuclear power generation in the United States. The invited witnesses include:
Mr. Oswald J. Zeringue , President and COO
Tennessee Valley Authority
Mr. Joe F. Colvin , President and CEO
Nuclear Energy Institute
Dr. Nils J. Diaz , Chairman
U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission
Mr. J.M. Bernhard, Jr. , Chairman and CEO
The Shaw Group, Inc.
Mr. James Asselstine, Managing Director
Lehman Brothers
###