The House Democratic Policy Committee holds a hearing on January 29 in Bryn Mawr on renewable energy legislation- House Bill 100 (Vitali-D-Delaware) increasing the amount of renewable energy utilities must purchase (not online).

Witnesses scheduled to appear include:

-- Panel One: Dork Sahagian, professor of earth and environmental sciences, Lehigh University; and Christina Simeone, director, PennFuture’s Energy Center for Enterprise and the Environment

-- Panel Two: Tanya McCloskey, acting Pennsylvania consumer advocate; and Jim Cawley, commissioner, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission

-- Terry Fitzpatrick, president and CEO, Energy Association of Pennsylvania

-- Panel Three: Tom Bell, former executive director of the Office of Technology Development, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection; and Bruce Burcat, executive director, Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition.

The hearing will begin at noon at the Ludington Library, 5 S. Bryn Mawr Ave., Bryn Mawrr.

Rep. Mike Sturla (D-Lancaster) serves as Chair of the Committee.

1/28/2013