Tuesday, March 11

10:00 AM - House Appropriations Committee, Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development Hearing on Energy & Conservation, Fossil Energy, Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability; 2362-B Rayburn
Panelists include C.H. “Bud” Albright Jr., Under Secretary of Energy and Alexander Karsner, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy

Wednesday March 12

9:30 AM - House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Hearing on “Nuclear Power in a Warming World: Solution or Illusion;” US Capitol Complex, room TBD
Guest panelists from the Rocky Mountain Institute; the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; and the Union of Concerned Scientists

Thursday, March 13

9:30 AM - House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Hearing on “Massachusetts v. U.S. EPA Part II: Implications of the Supreme Court Decision;” US Capitol Complex, room TBD
Guest panelists include Stephen L. Johnson, Administrator, Environmental Protection Agency

Thursday, March 13 - Friday, March 14

8:00 AM - National Academies Summit on America’s Energy Future (live webcast)
A critical overview of the recent influential energy studies and initiatives, featuring presentations by leaders in U.S. energy policy, research institutions, and private firms on energy security, energy and the economy, and energy and the environment.

This is last week of legislative activity before the Congress heads into its two-week Easter recess next week. There are two field hearing of note during the break:

On March 17, the House Committee on Science and Technology will hold a field hearing in Tucson, Arizona, on “Utility Scale Solar Power: Opportunities and Obstacles.”

On March 26, Sen. Byron Dorgan will be holding a hearing at Bismarck State College in Bismarck, N.D., on Large Scale Carbon Capture Storage Technologies.

For further information about this topic, please contact Akin Gump.