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INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE ON UTILITIES, ENERGY & TELECOMMUNICATIONS 

MEETING AGENDA 

Date: September 02, 2014

Time: 9:00 AM - 5:00 PM EDT

Place: State House, 200 W. Washington St., Senate Chamber

City: Indianapolis, Indiana 46204

Meeting Number: 1

 WATCH ON-LINE >  http://iga.in.gov/legislative/2014/meeting/watchlive/188fd824-9f88-4d6e-86fe-2253e440a94d/

(1) INDIANA'S WATER RESOURCES (SEA 271-2014)

(A) The role of water in Indiana

• 9:00-9:15 a.m.: Water in Northern Indiana (Kay Nelson, Environmental Affairs Director, Northwest Indiana Forum)

• 9:15-9:30 a.m.: Water in Central Indiana (The Honorable Huck Lewis, Mayor, City of Lebanon)

• 9:30-9:45 a.m.: Water in Southern Indiana (David Dahl, Director of Engineering, Midwestern Engineers, Inc.)

• 9:45-10:00 a.m.: Role of water in recruiting businesses and growing the economy (Larry Gigerich, Managing Director, Ginovus)

• 10:00-10:15 a.m.: Environmental issues (Barbara Simpson, Executive Director, Indiana Wildlife Federation)

(B) Current status of Indiana's Water Resources

• 10:15-10:30 a.m.: Water Resource Management Act; Great Lakes-St. Lawrence River Basin Water Resources Compact (Mark Basch, Section Head,

Water Rights/Use, Division of Water, Indiana Department of Natural Resources)

• 10:30-10:45 a.m.: Role of the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM) (Thomas Easterly, Commissioner, IDEM)

• 10:45-11:00 a.m.: Water-related Indiana statutes and administrative rules (Craig Mortell, Senior Staff Attorney, Legislative Services Agency)

(C) Future of Indiana's Water Resources

• 11:00-11:20 a.m.: Utilities' perspectives; short and long term needs; conservation; loss detection; infrastructure (Jeff Willman, Executive Director of Water Operations, and Joe Sutherland, Director, Government and External Affairs, Citizens Energy Group)

• 11:20 a.m.-11:40 a.m.: Rural utilities' perspectives (Connie Stevens, Executive Director, Alliance of Indiana Rural Water)

• 11:40-12:00 p.m.: Indiana Chamber of Commerce study (Jack Wittman, Ph.D., Principal Geoscientist, INTERA)

LUNCH BREAK (12:00-1:00 p.m.)

(2) UNDERGROUND UTILITY FACILITIES (SEA 405-2014)

• 1:00-1:25 p.m.: Pipeline safety information from IURC's annual natural gas industry report (Carol A. Stephan, Chair, IURC)

• 1:25-1:50 p.m.: Peter Lidiak, Pipeline Director, American Petroleum Institute

• 1:50-2:15 p.m.: Paul Fallon, President, HRP Construction, Inc.; Kurt Youngs, President, National Utility Contractors Association of Indiana

• 2:15-2:40 p.m.: Mark Maassel, Vice President, Indiana Energy Association; Chris Braun, Vice President, Energy Operations, Citizens Energy Group; John Koppin, President, Indiana Telecommunications Association; Robert Stewart, State Director-Government and External Affairs, Frontier Communications; Mark Drew, President, Vivax Corporation; Guy McIntosh III, Vice President, USIC Locating Services, Inc.

• 2:40-3:00 p.m.: Chuck Muller, Member Services/Public Relations Director, Indiana 811

(3) SERVICE AREAS OF ELECTRIC UTILITIES (SR 52-2014)

• 3:00-3:20 p.m.: Brian Christenberry, Manager of State Government Relations, Indiana Statewide Association of Rural Electric Cooperatives

• 3:20-4:00 p.m.: Carolyn Wright, Vice President of Government Relations, Indiana Municipal Power Agency; Michael B. Cracraft, Hackman Hulett & Cracraft; Steven Waltz, M.D., Rockville Town Council; The Honorable Chuck Fewell, Mayor, City of Greenfield; The Honorable Terry R. Seitz, Mayor, City of Jasper

•  4:00-4:20 p.m.: Laura Arnold, President, Indiana Distributed Energy Alliance

• 4:20-4:40 p.m.: Jennifer Terry, Lewis & Kappes, on behalf of Indiana Industrial Energy Consumers, Inc.

[See http://www.indiec.com/Position%20Statements/SAAAPosition%20Paper%20FINAL-Dated%208-29-14.pdf]

• 4:40-5:00 p.m.: Mark Maassel, Vice President, Indiana Energy Association

 ** All times listed above include time for questions and comments by the Committee**

** Times allotted are subject to change at the discretion of the Chairman**

INTERIM STUDY COMMITTEE MEMBERS:

Rep. Eric Allan Koch, Chairperson

Rep. Christina Hale

Rep. Jack Lutz

Rep. Matt Pierce

Rep. Shelli VanDenburgh

Rep. Heath VanNatter

Sen. Ed Charbonneau, Vice Chairperson

Sen. Jean Breaux

Sen. John Broden

Sen. Michael Crider

Rep. Alan Morrison

Sen. James Merritt

Sen. Lonnie Randolph

Sen. James Tomes

 

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