[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 155 (2009), Part 8]
[Senate]
[Page 10076]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          NOTICES OF HEARINGS


               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that a hearing has been 
scheduled before the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. 
The hearing will be held on Wednesday, April 22, 2009, at 10:00 a.m., 
in room SD-366 of the Dirksen Senate Office Building.
  The purpose of the hearing is to receive testimony on energy 
efficiency resource standards, including S. 548, a bill to amend the 
Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 to establish a Federal 
energy efficiency resource standard for retail electricity and natural 
gas distributors, and for other purposes.
  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 may do so by sending it to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, 
Washington, D.C. 20510-6150, or by e-mail to Rosemarie 
C[email protected].
  For further information, please contact Deborah Estes at (202) 224-
5360 or Rosemarie Calabro at (202) 224-5039.


               COMMITTEE ON ENERGY AND NATURAL RESOURCES

  Mr. BINGAMAN. Mr. President, I would like to announce for the 
information of the Senate and the public that the hearing before the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources previously announced for 
Thursday, April 23, 2009, at 9:30 a.m., has been rescheduled, and will 
now be held on Thursday, April 23, 2009, at 2:00 p.m.
  The purpose of the hearing, which was previously announced to 
consider the nomination of Kristina M. Johnson, to be the Under 
Secretary of Energy, will be to consider, in addition to the nomination 
of Kristina M. Johnson, the nomination of Steven Elliot Koonin, to be 
the Under Secretary for Science, Department of Energy, the nomination 
of Ines R. Triay, to be an Assistant Secretary of Energy (Environmental 
Management), the nomination of Hilary Chandler Tompkins, to be 
Solicitor of the Department of the Interior, and the nomination of 
Scott Blake Harris, to be the General Counsel of the Department of 
Energy.
  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 may do so by sending it to the 
Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, 
Washington, D.C. 20510-6150, or by e-mail to Amanda 
[email protected].
  For further information, please contact Sam Fowler at (202) 224-7571 
or Amanda Kelly at (202) 224-6836.

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