[Senate Hearing 111-1023]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]



                                                       S. Hrg. 111-1023
 
                HEARING TO RECEIVE TESTIMONY ON S. 3102,
                  THE RURAL ENERGY SAVINGS PROGRAM ACT

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                                HEARING

                               before the

             SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

                                 of the

                       COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE,
                        NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY

                          UNITED STATES SENATE


                     ONE HUNDRED ELEVENTH CONGRESS

                             SECOND SESSION


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                             JUNE 17, 2010

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             SUBCOMMITTEE ON ENERGY, SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY



                     MICHAEL BENNET, Utah, Chairman

KENT CONRAD, North Dakota            JOHN THUNE, South Dakota
E. BENJAMIN NELSON, Nebraska         RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana
SHERROD BROWN, Ohio                  PAT ROBERTS, Kansas
AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota             MIKE JOHANNS, Nebraska
DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan            CHUCK GRASSLEY, Iowa
KIRSTEN E. GILLIBRAND, New York      JOHN CORNYN,Texas

           COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE, NUTRITION, AND FORESTRY



                 BLANCHE L. LINCOLN, Arkansas, Chairman

PATRICK J. LEAHY, Vermont            SAXBY CHAMBLISS, Georgia
TOM HARKIN, Iowa                     RICHARD G. LUGAR, Indiana
KENT CONRAD, North Dakota            THAD COCHRAN, Mississippi
MAX BAUCUS, Montana                  MITCH MCCONNELL, Kentucky
DEBBIE STABENOW, Michigan            PAT ROBERTS, Kansas
E. BENJAMIN NELSON, Nebraska         MIKE JOHANNS, Nebraska
SHERROD BROWN, Ohio                  CHARLES GRASSLEY, Iowa
ROBERT CASEY, Jr., Pennsylvania      JOHN THUNE, South Dakota
AMY KLOBUCHAR, Minnesota             JOHN CORNYN, Texas
MICHAEL BENNET, Colorado
KIRSTEN GILLIBRAND, New York

               Robert Holifield, Majority Staff Director

                    Jessica L. Williams, Chief Clerk

            Martha Scott Poindexter, Minority Staff Director

                Anne C. Hazlett, Minority Chief Counsel

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                            C O N T E N T S

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Hearing(s):

Hearing to Receive Testimony on S. 3102, The Rural Energy Savings 
  Program Act....................................................     1

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                        Thursday, June 17, 2010
                    STATEMENTS PRESENTED BY SENATORS

Lincoln, Hon. Blanche L., U.S. Senator from the State of 
  Arkansas, Chairman, Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
  Forestry.......................................................     9
Bennet, Hon. Michael F., U.S. Senator from the State of Colorado, 
  Chairman, Subcommittee on Energy, Science, and Technology......     1
Lugar, Hon. Richard G., U.S. Senator from the State of Indiana...     3

                                Panel I

Merkley, Hon. Jeff, U.S. Senator from the State of Oregon........     4

                                Panel II

Elgohary, Nivin, Acting Assistant Administrator, Rural 
  Development Rural Utility Service Electric Program, U.S. 
  Department of Agriculture, Washington, DC......................     6

                               Panel III

Singer, Kent, Executive Director, Colorado Rural Electric 
  Association, Denver, CO........................................    11
Hanesworth, William, Vice President and General Manager, Air 
  Conditioning Division, Rheem Manufacturing Company, Fort Smith, 
  AR.............................................................    13
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                                APPENDIX

Prepared Statements:
    Elgohary, Nivin..............................................    22
    Hanesworth, William..........................................    31
    Singer, Kent.................................................    36

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