The Senate Consumer Protection and Professional Licensure Committee will hold a hearing November 20 on Senate Bill 1134 (Tomlinson-R-Bucks) providing for a transition to market rates in the electric utility industry, providing for energy efficiency and demand-response initiatives.

Expected to testify are: Environmental Protection Secretary Kathleen McGinty, Wendell Holland, Chairman of the Public Utility Commission, and Commissioners Cawley, Pizzingrilli and Christie, Irwin Popowsky, Consumer Advocate, and William Lloyd, Small Business Advocate, Margan O’Brien, Duquesne Light, Paul Bonney, Exelon/PECO, Stephen Feld, First Energy, Doug Krall, PPL, Peter Toomey, Allegheny Power, the Retail Energy Suppliers Association and Constellation Energy Resources.

The Committee is chaired by Sen. Robert Tomlinson (R-Bucks) and the Democratic chair is Sen. Lisa Boscola (D-Lehigh).

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11/16/2007