[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 147 (2001), Part 2]
[Senate]
[Page 2178]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]



                           NOTICE OF HEARING


               committee on energy and natural resources

  Mr. MURKOWSKI. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
  The hearing will take place on Thursday, March 1, 2001 at 9:30 a.m. 
in room SD-106 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building in Washington, 
D.C.
  The purpose of this hearing is to received testimony on S. 26, a bill 
to amend the Department of Energy Authorization Act to authorize the 
Secretary of Energy to impose interim limitations on the cost of 
electric energy to protect consumers from unjust and unreasonable 
prices in the electric energy market, S. 80, California Electricity 
Consumers Relief Act of 2001, and S. 287, a bill to direct the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission to impose cost-of-service based rates on 
sales by public utilities of electric energy at wholesale in the 
western energy market, and amendment No. 12 to S. 287.
  Because of the limited time available for the hearing, witnesses may 
testify by invitation only. However, those wishing to submit written 
testimony for the hearing record should send two copies of their 
testimony to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United 
States Senate, SRC-2 Senate Russell Courtyard, Washington, D.C. 20510-
6150.
  For further information, please call Trici Heninger at (202) 224-
7875.

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