Full Committee Hearing to Examine the Impacts of Wildfire on Electric Grid Reliability
December 19, 2019
09:30 AM
366 Dirksen Senate Office Building
The hearing will be held on Thursday, December 19, 2019, at 9:30 a.m. EST in Room 366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, DC.
The purpose of the hearing is to examine the impacts of wildfire on electric grid reliability and efforts to mitigate wildfire risk and increase grid resiliency.
The hearing will be webcast live on the committee’s website, and an archived video will be available shortly after the hearing concludes. Witness testimony will be available on the website at the start of the hearing.
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Opening Remarks
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski
ChairmanSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources -
Sen. Joe Manchin
Ranking MemberSenate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources
Witness Panel 1
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Mr. Carl Imhoff
Manager, Electricity Market SectorPacific Northwest National Laboratory -
Mr. Scott Corwin
Executive DirectorNorthwest Public Power Association -
Mr. Bill Johnson
CEO and PresidentPG&E Corporation -
Dr. B. Don Russell
Distinguished Professor and Director, Power System Automation LaboratoryDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University -
Dr. Michael Wara
Senior Research ScholarStanford Woods Institute for the Environment
