Needless to say this week’s hearing schedule is quiet after the marathon of Markey-Waxman draft bill hearings last week.  One can trust that many lawmakers involved in last week’s hearings will use this quiet time to move their climate-related agendas, some of which are adverse to Markey-Waxman, forward.

On Tuesday the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a hearing to receive testimony regarding legislation to improve the availability of financing for the deployment of clean energy and energy efficiency technologies.  Witnesses include Matt Rogers, Senior Advisor for the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Department of Energy; Mr. Dan Reicher, Director of Climate Change & Energy Initiatives, Google.Org; John Denniston, Partner, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers; Jeanine Hull, Counsel, Dykema Gossett PLLC; and Joe Hezir, Vice President, EOP Group.  The hearing will take place in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building at 10 a.m.

Also on Tuesday, the House Science and Technology Committee will hold a 10 a.m. hearing titled “Pushing the Efficiency Envelope: R&D for High-Performance Buildings, Industries and Consumers.”  Witnesses include Mr. Steven Chalk, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy; Mr. William J. Coad, President, Coad Engineering Enterprises and Chairman High-Performance Building Council, National Institute of Building Sciences; Mr. Paul Cicio, President, Industrial Energy Consumers of America; Dr. Karen Ehrhardt-Martinez; Research Staff; Economic and Social Analysis Program.  American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy (ACEEE); and Dr. J. Michael McQuade, Senior Vice President, Science and Technology, United Technologies Corporation.  The hearing will take place in Room 2318 of the Rayburn House Office Building.

Then on Wednesday the Senate will hold a hearing on climate change, small businesses and farms in the Small Business Committee.  The hearing will take place in Room 2360 of the House Rayburn Office Building at 1 p.m.  Names of witnesses are not available at this time.

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