The House Environmental Resources and Energy Committee will hold the first of several planned informational meetings on energy policy on October 18.

Three speakers will be featured at this first meeting-

· Kate Burke, National Conference of State Legislatures, will brief the Committee on what other states are doing on energy issues and the process they used to develop state energy policy;

· Ellen Lutz, U.S. Department of Energy Region 3 Director from Philadelphia, will provide information on the short-term energy outlook; and

· Scott Miller, Executive Director State Government Policy for the PJM Interconnect, will provide an overview of electric and natural gas issues in the region and suggestions on what the General Assembly should be thinking about.

Future meetings are planned on energy efficiency, renewable energy sources and other energy policy issues.

10/14/2005