Legislature(2021 - 2022)BARNES 124

04/26/2021 03:15 PM House LABOR & COMMERCE

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03:18:54 PM Start
03:19:31 PM Occupational Safety and Health Review Board
03:22:39 PM HB170
04:39:29 PM SB69
04:56:53 PM Board of Direct Entry Midwives
04:59:21 PM Adjourn
* first hearing in first committee of referral
+ teleconferenced
= bill was previously heard/scheduled
+ HB 170 ENERGY INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM & FUND: AIDEA TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
+ SB 69 EXEMPT RENEWABLE ENERGY ELECTRIC PLANTS TELECONFERENCED
Heard & Held
+ Consideration of Governor's Appointees: TELECONFERENCED
- Board of Direct Entry Midwives: Tanya Kirk
- Marijuana Control Board: Casey Dschaak
- Occupational Safety & Health Review Board:
Vincent Perez
-- Public Testimony --
+ Bills Previously Heard/Scheduled TELECONFERENCED
                    ALASKA STATE LEGISLATURE                                                                                  
          HOUSE LABOR AND COMMERCE STANDING COMMITTEE                                                                         
                         April 26, 2021                                                                                         
                           3:18 p.m.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS PRESENT                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
Representative Zack Fields, Co-Chair                                                                                            
Representative Calvin Schrage                                                                                                   
Representative Liz Snyder                                                                                                       
Representative David Nelson                                                                                                     
Representative James Kaufman                                                                                                    
Representative Ken McCarty                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MEMBERS ABSENT                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
Representative Ivy Spohnholz, Co-Chair                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
COMMITTEE CALENDAR                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
CONFIRMATION HEARING(S):                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Marijuana Control Board                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     Casey Dschaak - Dillingham                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     - HEARD                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
Occupational Safety and Health Review Board                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     Vincent Perez - Wasilla                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     - HEARD                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
HOUSE BILL NO. 170                                                                                                              
"An Act  establishing the Alaska energy  independence program and                                                               
the  Alaska energy  independence  fund in  the Alaska  Industrial                                                               
Development and Export Authority;  and providing for an effective                                                               
date."                                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     - HEARD & HELD                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
SENATE BILL NO. 69 AM                                                                                                           
"An  Act  extending an  exemption  from  regulation as  a  public                                                               
utility   for  plants   and  facilities   generating  electricity                                                               
entirely from  renewable energy resources;  and providing  for an                                                               
effective date."                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     - HEARD & HELD                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
CONFIRMATION HEARING(S):                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
Board of Direct Entry Midwives                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Tanya Kirk - Anchorage                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     - HEARD                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
PREVIOUS COMMITTEE ACTION                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
BILL: HB 170                                                                                                                  
SHORT TITLE: ENERGY INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM & FUND: AIDEA                                                                          
SPONSOR(s): RULES BY REQUEST OF THE GOVERNOR                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
04/09/21       (H)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
04/09/21       (H)       ENE, L&C, FIN                                                                                          
04/13/21       (H)       ENE AT 10:15 AM BARNES 124                                                                             
04/13/21       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
04/13/21       (H)       MINUTE(ENE)                                                                                            
04/15/21       (H)       ENE AT 10:15 AM BARNES 124                                                                             
04/15/21       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
04/15/21       (H)       MINUTE(ENE)                                                                                            
04/20/21       (H)       ENE AT 10:15 AM BARNES 124                                                                             
04/20/21       (H)       Moved CSHB 170(ENE) Out of Committee                                                                   
04/20/21       (H)       MINUTE(ENE)                                                                                            
04/21/21       (H)       ENE RPT CS(ENE) NT 3DP 1NR 1AM                                                                         
04/21/21       (H)       DP: FIELDS, CLAMAN, SCHRAGE                                                                            
04/21/21       (H)       NR: ZULKOSKY                                                                                           
04/21/21       (H)       AM: KAUFMAN                                                                                            
04/26/21       (H)       L&C AT 3:15 PM BARNES 124                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
BILL: SB 69                                                                                                                   
SHORT TITLE: EXEMPT RENEWABLE ENERGY ELECTRIC PLANTS                                                                            
SPONSOR(s): REVAK                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
02/03/21       (S)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
02/03/21       (S)       L&C                                                                                                    
02/10/21       (S)       L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)                                                                      
02/10/21       (S)       <Bill Hearing Canceled>                                                                                
02/15/21       (S)       L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)                                                                      
02/15/21       (S)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
02/15/21       (S)       MINUTE(L&C)                                                                                            
03/03/21       (S)       L&C AT 1:30 PM BELTZ 105 (TSBldg)                                                                      
03/03/21       (S)       Moved SB 69 Out of Committee                                                                           
03/03/21       (S)       MINUTE(L&C)                                                                                            
03/05/21       (S)       L&C RPT 1DP 3AM                                                                                        
03/05/21       (S)       DP: COSTELLO                                                                                           
03/05/21       (S)       AM: GRAY-JACKSON, STEVENS, HOLLAND                                                                     
03/31/21       (S)       TRANSMITTED TO (H)                                                                                     
03/31/21       (S)       VERSION: SB 69 AM                                                                                      
04/05/21       (H)       READ THE FIRST TIME - REFERRALS                                                                        
04/05/21       (H)       ENE, L&C                                                                                               
04/06/21       (H)       ENE AT 10:15 AM ADAMS 519                                                                              
04/06/21       (H)       Heard & Held                                                                                           
04/06/21       (H)       MINUTE(ENE)                                                                                            
04/13/21       (H)       ENE AT 10:15 AM BARNES 124                                                                             
04/13/21       (H)       Moved SB 69 AM Out of Committee                                                                        
04/13/21       (H)       MINUTE(ENE)                                                                                            
04/14/21       (H)       ENE RPT 3DP 2NR                                                                                        
04/14/21       (H)       DP: CLAMAN, FIELDS, SCHRAGE                                                                            
04/14/21       (H)       NR: KAUFMAN, ZULKOSKY                                                                                  
04/26/21       (H)       L&C AT 3:15 PM BARNES 124                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
WITNESS REGISTER                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
CASEY DSCHAAK, Appointee                                                                                                        
Marijuana Control Board                                                                                                         
Dillingham, Alaska                                                                                                              
POSITION STATEMENT:  Spoke as an appointee to the Marijuana                                                                   
Control Board.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
VINCENT PEREZ, Appointee                                                                                                        
Occupational Safety and Health Review Board                                                                                     
Wasilla, Alaska                                                                                                                 
POSITION STATEMENT:  Spoke as an appointee to the Occupational                                                                
Safety and Health Review Board.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
ALAN WEITZNER, Executive Director                                                                                               
Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority                                                                              
Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                                               
POSITION STATEMENT:  Gave a PowerPoint presentation and                                                                       
testified in support of HB 170.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MORGAN NEFF, Chief Investment Officer                                                                                           
Alaska Industrial Development and Export Authority                                                                              
Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                                               
POSITION STATEMENT:  Gave a PowerPoint presentation and                                                                       
testified in support of HB 170.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
CHRIS ROSE, Executive Director                                                                                                  
Renewable Energy Alaska Project                                                                                                 
Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                                               
POSITION  STATEMENT:     Gave   a  PowerPoint   presentation  and                                                             
testified in support of HB 170.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
BERT HUNTER, Chief Investment Officer                                                                                           
Connecticut Green Bank                                                                                                          
Hartford, Connecticut                                                                                                           
POSITION  STATEMENT:     Gave   a  PowerPoint   presentation  and                                                             
testified in support of HB 170.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
JEFFERY SCHUB, Executive Director                                                                                               
Coalition for Green Capital                                                                                                     
Washington, D.C.                                                                                                                
POSITION  STATEMENT:     Gave   a  PowerPoint   presentation  and                                                             
testified in support of HB 170.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
DIRK CRAFT, Staff                                                                                                               
Senator Josh Revak                                                                                                              
Alaska State Legislature                                                                                                        
Juneau, Alaska                                                                                                                  
POSITION STATEMENT:  Presented SB  69 on behalf of Senator Revak,                                                             
prime sponsor.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
JENN MILLER, Chief Executive Officer                                                                                            
Renewable Independent Power Producers                                                                                           
Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                                               
POSITION STATEMENT:  Testified in support of SB 69.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
TANYA KIRK, Appointee                                                                                                           
Board of Direct Entry Midwives                                                                                                  
Anchorage, Alaska                                                                                                               
POSITION  STATEMENT:   Spoke  as  an appointee  to  the Board  of                                                             
Direct Entry Midwives.                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
ACTION NARRATIVE                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
3:18:54 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  FIELDS called  the House  Labor  and Commerce  Standing                                                             
Committee  meeting  to  order  at   3:18  p.m.    Representatives                                                               
Schrage, McCarty, Fields, and Snyder  were present at the call to                                                               
order.    Representatives  Kaufman  and  Nelson  arrived  as  the                                                               
meeting was in progress.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
^CONFIRMATION HEARING(S):                                                                                                       
                    CONFIRMATION HEARING(S):                                                                                
^Marijuana Control Board                                                                                                        
                    Marijuana Control Board                                                                                 
^Occupational Safety and Health Review Board                                                                                    
          Occupational Safety and Health Review Board                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:19:31 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS announced that the  first order of business would                                                               
be the  confirmation hearing for consideration  of the governor's                                                               
appointees to  the Marijuana Control  Board and  the Occupational                                                               
Safety and Health Review Board.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:19:39 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CASEY DSCHAAK,  Appointee, Marijuana  Control Board,  shared that                                                               
he  is currently  on the  Marijuana Control  Board.   He said  he                                                               
moved to  Alaska in 2010,  spent six  years in the  military, and                                                               
has  since  worked   in  the  private  sector   and  with  tribal                                                               
communities.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:20:58 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
VINCENT PEREZ,  Appointee, Occupational Safety and  Health Review                                                               
Board, shared  that this would be  his second term on  the board.                                                               
He  referred to  a  possible misunderstanding  stemming from  his                                                               
previous  testimony  and  said  he  would  welcome  questions  to                                                               
address any concerns.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  FIELDS asked  Mr.  Perez to  clarify  his residency  in                                                               
Alaska.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
MR. PEREZ said he moved to Alaska  in 1997 but moved away in 2004                                                               
to care for family.  He  said he has lived in Alaska continuously                                                               
since 2009.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:22:25 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  FIELDS opened  public testimony  on the  appointees for                                                               
the  Marijuana  Control Board  and  the  Occupational Safety  and                                                               
Health review  Board.  After  ascertaining that no one  wished to                                                               
testify, he closed public testimony.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
[The confirmation hearing resumed on 4/28/21.]                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
        HB 170-ENERGY INDEPENDENCE PROGRAM & FUND: AIDEA                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
3:22:39 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS announced  that the next order  of business would                                                               
be HOUSE  BILL NO.  170, "An Act  establishing the  Alaska energy                                                               
independence program  and the Alaska energy  independence fund in                                                               
the  Alaska  Industrial  Development and  Export  Authority;  and                                                               
providing  for an  effective date."   [Before  the committee  was                                                               
CSHB 170(ENE).]                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:23:15 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ALAN WEITZNER, Executive  Director, Alaska Industrial Development                                                               
and  Export  Authority (AIDEA),  began  a  PowerPoint [hard  copy                                                               
included  in   the  committee  packet],  titled   "Alaska  Energy                                                               
Independence Fund  (AK EIF)," on  slide 2, which read  as follows                                                               
[original punctuation provided]:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     AIDEA'S MISSION                                                                                                          
     To promote,  develop, and  advance economic  growth and                                                                    
     diversification  in Alaska  by providing  various means                                                                    
     of financing and investment.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     AIDEA OVERVIEW                                                                                                           
     ? Investing in Alaskans since 1967                                                                                         
     ? Alaska's Development Finance Authority                                                                                   
     ? Financially Self-Sustaining Public Corporation (no GF                                                                    
     by statute AS 44.88.190(b))                                                                                                
     ? $439.7 million in Dividends to Alaska since 1997                                                                         
     ? Directed over $3 billion into economic development in                                                                    
     Alaska                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MR. WEITZNER presented  slide 3, "AIDEA AS 44.88,"  which read as                                                               
follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     WITHIN AS 44.88.010(a)(10)                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     It is in the public  interest to promote the prosperity                                                                  
     and general welfare of all citizens of the state by:                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     (A)  stimulating commercial  and industrial  growth and                                                                  
     expansion  by   encouraging  an  increase   of  private                                                                  
     investment  by  banks,   investment  houses,  insurance                                                                  
     companies, and other  financial institutions, including                                                                    
     pension and retirement funds, to  help satisfy the need                                                                    
     for economic expansion;                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     (C)  creating  the  Alaska Industrial  Development  and                                                                  
     Export   Authority  with   the   powers  necessary   to                                                                  
     accomplish  the objectives  stated  in this  paragraph,                                                                    
     including  the power  to  issue  taxable and  taxexempt                                                                  
     bonds, to acquire ownership  interests in projects, and                                                                  
     to provide development project financing                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     WITHIN AS 44.88.010 (a)(11)                                                                                              
     it  is  in  the  state's  interest  to  import  private                                                                  
     capital to create new economic  activity that would not                                                                  
     otherwise take place in the state.                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
MR. WEITZNER presented slide 4, "AIDEA PROGRAMS + PROJECTS,"                                                                    
which read as follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     • Loan Participation Program                                                                                               
     • Conduit Revenue Bond Program                                                                                             
     • Rural Development Initiative Loan Fund                                                                                   
     • Development Project Finance                                                                                              
     • Sustainable Energy Transmission and Supply (SETS)                                                                        
     • Arctic Infrastructure Development Fund (AIDF)                                                                            
     •  Small Business  Economic Development  Revolving Loan                                                                    
     Fund                                                                                                                       
     • Business Export Assistance Program                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     Development Project Finance:                                                                                               
     ? Delong Mountain Transportation System                                                                                    
     ? Skagway Ore Terminal                                                                                                     
     ? FedEx Aircraft MRO Hangar                                                                                                
     ? Snettisham Hydroelectric Facility                                                                                        
     ? Alaska Ship & Drydock, Ketchikan                                                                                         
     ? Camp Denali Readiness Center (JBER)                                                                                      
     ? Mustang Holding LLC                                                                                                      
     ? Interior Energy Project                                                                                                  
     ? BlueCrest Energy Drilling Rig Loan                                                                                       
     ? AK SHIP  Vessel Repair Finance Program                                                                                   
     ? Duck Point Development II (Icy Strait Point)                                                                             
     ? HEX Cook Inlet, LLC                                                                                                      
     ? Ambler Access Project                                                                                                    
     ? West Susitna Access Road Project                                                                                         
     ? Section 1002 Area Leases                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:26:37 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  WEITZNER  presented  slide 5,  "PROJECTS  +  ASSETS,"  which                                                               
displayed a map  of Alaska showing the many  communities in which                                                               
AIDEA  operates on  a  day-to-day business.    He then  presented                                                               
slide 6, "AIDEA  & AEA," which explained  the partnership between                                                               
AIDEA and  the Alaska  Energy Authority (AEA)  and which  read as                                                               
follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     Alaska  Industrial  Development  and  Export  Authority                                                                  
     Mission:  To  promote,  develop, and  advance  economic                                                                  
     growth  and  diversification  in  Alaska  by  providing                                                                    
     various means of financing and investment.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     Alaska Energy Authority Mission:  To reduce the cost of                                                                  
     energy  in Alaska.  AEA is  Alaska's energy  office and                                                                    
     lead  agency for  statewide energy  policy and  program                                                                    
     development.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     The  purpose and  function of  the AK  EIF aligns  with                                                                    
     AIDEA's  existing  scope  establishing  loan  programs,                                                                    
     working  with  Alaska's  financial sector  and  private                                                                    
     investors, as  well as managing capital  funds, such as                                                                    
     the Loan Participation  Program (Enterprise Development                                                                    
     Account)  and Development  Project Financing  (Economic                                                                    
     Development Account).                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     AIDEA  would   oversee  loan  programs   and  financial                                                                    
     management  in   partnership  with  AEA's   energy  and                                                                    
     technical   subject    matter   expertise,   leveraging                                                                    
     existing shared infrastructure and services.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     An  independent,   five-person  advisory   board  would                                                                    
     provide guidance  on investment opportunities  to AIDEA                                                                    
     and  AEA.  The  advisory board's  authority  would  not                                                                    
     supersede  the  governing  authority of  the  AIDEA/AEA                                                                    
     Board.                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MR. WEITZNER continued to slide  7, "TOTAL ENERGY CONSUMPTION PER                                                               
CAPITA, 2018 (million Btu)," which  displayed a map of the United                                                               
States with  Wyoming, North Dakota,  Louisiana, Alaska,  and Iowa                                                               
highlighted.   He pointed out that  Alaska ranks number 4  in the                                                               
nation  for  per  capita  energy  consumption  with  830  million                                                               
British thermal  units (MMBtu)  and that  there is  a significant                                                               
decrease  in  energy  consumption  between  Alaska'  position  at                                                               
number 4  and Iowa's  position at  number 5 with  513 MMBtu.   He                                                               
explained that  Alaska has unique energy  requirements for winter                                                               
heating as well as energy-intensive industries.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
3:31:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  MCCARTY   asked  why  Louisiana  has   an  energy                                                               
consumption on par with the colder states.                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MR. WEITZNER  replied that Louisiana's energy  consumption is due                                                               
to its large industrial capacity.                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
3:32:00 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. WEITZNER  resumed his PowerPoint  presentation with  slide 8,                                                               
"TOTAL  ENERGY EXPENDITURES  PER  CAPITA,  2018 (U.S.  dollars),"                                                               
which displayed  the same map  of the  United States and  a chart                                                               
showing   that  Alaska   ranks   third  in   per  capita   energy                                                               
expenditures at  $8,060 which,  he pointed  out, is  nearly twice                                                               
the national average.   He said that approximately  11 percent of                                                               
Alaska's   gross   domestic   product  (GDP)   goes   to   energy                                                               
expenditures.     With   the  creation   of  the   Alaska  Energy                                                               
Independence Fund (AEIF)  and focusing on the per  capita cost of                                                               
energy, he said,  marginal changes have a greater  impact than in                                                               
other  states; benefits  may  be added  to  the renewable  energy                                                               
sector  by  employing  the  best  practices  from  other  states,                                                               
thereby  positively  effecting  economic  opportunities  and  job                                                               
growth.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
3:33:27 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS  asked whether the  cost of energy  includes that                                                               
consumed by transportation sector.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
MR.  WEITZNER replied  that it  includes  all energy  consumption                                                               
across the state.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
3:34:12 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MORGAN   NEFF,  Chief   Investment  Officer,   Alaska  Industrial                                                               
Development  and  Export   Authority,  continued  the  PowerPoint                                                               
presentation and  explained the  Alaska Energy  Independence Fund                                                               
(AEIF), sharing  that committee members  may have heard  the term                                                               
"green  bank."   He presented  slide 9,  "WHAT IS  THE AK  EIF?",                                                               
which read as follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     • The  Alaska Energy Independence Fund  (AK EIF) serves                                                                    
     a public purpose in meeting  the unique energy needs of                                                                    
     Alaska  to promote  sustainable  clean energy  projects                                                                    
     through loan programs.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     •  Often referred  to  as a  "green bank",  the AK  EIF                                                                    
     functions as  a public-private entity that  uses modest                                                                    
     amounts of  public funding to leverage  private capital                                                                    
     to accelerate investment in clean energy projects.                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     •  AK  EIF meets  the criteria  to  receive and  manage                                                                    
     funds anticipated  to become available  through pending                                                                    
     federal legislation.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MR. NEFF presented slide 10,  "INITIAL CAPITALIZATION + FUNDING,"                                                               
which read as follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     •   Proposed   initial   capitalization:  $10   million                                                                    
     appropriation  from   State  of  Alaska  UGF   with  an                                                                    
     anticipated federal match.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MR. NEFF  explained the  table on slide  10, which  displayed the                                                               
fiscal  notes  for  initial   capitalization  and  the  operating                                                               
budgets for green banks in  New York, Connecticut, and Montgomery                                                               
County,  Maryland.   He  stressed  that  each  green bank  has  a                                                               
leverage  ratio of  between 6:1  and  8:1, which  means that  for                                                               
every dollar  of green bank  capital, there  are between 6  and 8                                                               
dollars of private  sector capital invested.   In Connecticut, he                                                               
pointed out, $36  million in state capital  combined with private                                                               
sector capital for  a total of $312 million  invested in enhanced                                                               
energy efficiency programs.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
3:38:21 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  FIELDS  commented  that Connecticut's  green  bank  has                                                               
ongoing cash  infusions and asked  Mr. Neff whether New  York and                                                               
Montgomery County, Maryland, have similar ongoing infusions.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  NEFF responded  that they  do; there  are infusions  through                                                               
property taxes and the states have ratepayer structures.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MR. WEITZNER interjected that Montgomery  County's green bank was                                                               
initially set up through a direct capital appropriation.                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  FIELDS  asked whether  there  exist  other options  for                                                               
continual infusions to a green bank.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MR. NEFF  replied that  federal appropriations  and philanthropic                                                               
donations  have  historically  increased  in  proportion  to  the                                                               
amount in the green bank.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
3:40:05 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. NEFF resumed the PowerPoint presentation on slide 11,                                                                       
"ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE AK EIF," which read as follows                                                                        
[original punctuation provided]:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Lower Cost of Energy                                                                                                       
     Lower Cost of Living                                                                                                       
     Create Jobs                                                                                                                
     Create Businesses                                                                                                          
     Increase Discretionary Income                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
MR. NEFF presented slide 12, "ECONOMIC BENEFITS OF THE AK EIF,"                                                                 
which read as follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     $8,060                                                                                                                   
     Average annual cost of energy per Alaskan                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     Create AK EIF                                                                                                            
       Modest public funds + private investment in clean                                                                        
     energy                                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     10%                                                                                                                      
     $806 average annual energy savings per Alaskan                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     20%                                                                                                                      
     $1,612 average annual energy savings per Alaskan                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     30%                                                                                                                      
     $2,418 average annual energy savings per Alaskan                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     Injects Hundreds of Millions of Dollars into Alaska's                                                                    
     Economy                                                                                                                  
        Frees up approx. $589 million to $1.7 billion in                                                                        
     discretionary spending every year                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
3:42:41 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. WEITZNER pointed out that the figures are net revenues                                                                      
compounded annually.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
3:43:08 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. NEFF continued the PowerPoint with slide 13, "NATIONAL                                                                      
'GREEN BANK' AND ACCELERATOR," which read as follows [original                                                                  
punctuation provided]:                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     H.R.  806 Clean  Energy and  Sustainability Accelerator                                                                  
     Act                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     S.283 National Climate Bank Act                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     •  Congress  has introduced  the  Accelerator Act  that                                                                    
     would  form a  national "green  bank" capitalized  with                                                                    
     $100 billion                                                                                                               
          •  Bipartisan co-sponsors,  including Alaska  Rep.                                                                    
          Don Young.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     •  If/when passed, these acts  would provide investment                                                                    
     and operational capital.                                                                                                   
          •  Creation of  the AK EIF  would allow  Alaska to                                                                    
          receive  additional   investment  and  operational                                                                    
          capital for a "green bank".                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     •  The Clean Energy  and Sustainability  Accelerator is                                                                    
     part of  the Biden Administration's American  Jobs Plan                                                                    
     ("The Infrastructure Bill").                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
3:44:21 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  FIELDS shared  his support  for CSHB  170(ENE), and  he                                                               
asked how  AIDEA, AEA,  and the state  would deal  with potential                                                               
federal  funds  from  the infrastructure  bill  if  corresponding                                                               
green bank legislation was not passed by the state legislature.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MR. WEITZNER responded  that, while AIDEA and AEA  have powers to                                                               
receive federal funding, it's unclear  how it would be addressed.                                                               
He  shared that  it's  the purpose  of the  program  to have  the                                                               
authority  to establish  and receive  funding for  the underlying                                                               
programs, characterizing such authority as the "critical issue."                                                                
                                                                                                                                
3:45:23 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  NEFF continued  the PowerPoint  presentation with  slide 14,                                                               
"ALASKA  ENERGY  INDEPENDENCE  FUND  (AK  EIF),"  which  read  as                                                               
follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     Overview                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     "An Act  creating the  Alaska energy  independence fund                                                                    
     in  the   Alaska  Industrial  Development   and  Export                                                                    
     Authority; and providing for an effective date."                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     •  Make  capital   more  accessible  to  borrowers  for                                                                    
     sustainable energy development projects.                                                                                 
     • Partner  with private capital to  fund businesses and                                                                    
     projects,   including    energy-efficiency,   renewable                                                                    
     power,    micro-grid,    transportation,    sustainable                                                                    
     agriculture, and more.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
     •  Incentivize  co-investment  in the  non-fossil  fuel                                                                    
     energy sector  between the public (the  State of Alaska                                                                    
     through  AIDEA   in  partnership  with   Alaska  Energy                                                                    
     Authority),   Alaska's    financial   sector,   private                                                                    
     investors, and philanthropic donors.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     • AK  EIF bill aligns with the  proposed federal bills,                                                                    
     including  the new  definition  of "sustainable  energy                                                                    
     development".                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
MR.  NEFF presented  slide 15,  "ALASKA ENERGY  INDEPENDENCE FUND                                                               
(AK   EIF),"  which   read  as   follows  [original   punctuation                                                               
provided]:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Financing + Investments                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
     •  The  Fund   would  leverage  its  capital  alongside                                                                    
     Alaska's financial  sector to enhance  total investment                                                                    
     in Alaskan clean energy programs and projects.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     •  Eligible to make  loans, provide  credit enhancement                                                                    
     structures,   purchase   loans,   provide   development                                                                    
     funding and  other forms  of financing  for sustainable                                                                    
     energy    development     in    Alaska's    commercial,                                                                    
     residential, and industrial market sectors.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     • The Fund  would consist of appropriations made by the                                                                    
     legislature, loans  or other assets transferred  to the                                                                    
     Fund  by AIDEA,  unrestricted loan  payments, interest,                                                                    
     or other income earned  on loans, investments or assets                                                                    
     of the fund, and available federal funding.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
3:48:59 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. NEFF presented slide 16,  "PROGRAM WORKFLOW," which displayed                                                               
a graphic showing  funds moving from AK EIF to  a contractor, who                                                               
then distributes  funds as cash payments  to homeowners, business                                                               
owners,  and   municipalities  to   be  used  for   clean  energy                                                               
installation;  AK  EIG  simultaneously  establishes  partnerships                                                               
with lenders to build demand.   Tools such as loan loss reserves,                                                               
aggregation,  securitization,  credit enhancement,  first-in-kind                                                               
investments, and direct loans mitigate the risk for lenders.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  NEFF presented  slide 17,  "ALASKA ENERGY  INDEPENDENCE FUND                                                               
(AK   EIF),"  which   read  as   follows  [original   punctuation                                                               
provided]:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Functions of the Fund                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     The  AK EIF  prioritizes  affordable, local,  reliable,                                                                    
     sustainable, and independent energy.                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MR. NEFF  pointed out  the barriers  to investment  which include                                                               
perceived  project risk,  inefficiencies of  scale, first-in-kind                                                               
transactions,   and   marginal   economics,  along   with   their                                                               
corresponding  solutions:   credit  enhancement, aggregation  and                                                               
warehousing, technical assistance, and co-investment.                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:52:27 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CHRIS ROSE,  Executive Director, Renewable Energy  Alaska Project                                                               
(REAP), shared  REAP's support  of HB 170  and gave  a PowerPoint                                                               
presentation  titled  "Financing Clean  Energy  in  Alaska."   He                                                               
presented slide  2, which read  as follows  [original punctuation                                                               
provided]:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Founded  in   2004,  REAP  is  a   statewide  nonprofit                                                                    
     coalition of over 60  electric utilities, Alaska Native                                                                    
     Corporations, clean  energy developers,  businesses and                                                                    
     other NGOs                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     REAP's   mission  is   to  increase   renewable  energy                                                                  
     development and promote energy efficiency in Alaska                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MR. ROSE  presented slide 3,  "REAP Education &  Programs," which                                                               
read as follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     STEM educators  promoting AK  EnergySmart and  Wind for                                                                    
     Schools reach hundreds of classrooms annually                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     Alaska  Network  for  Energy Education  and  Employment                                                                    
     (ANEEE)                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     Sustainable  Southeast  Partnership (SSP)  Alaska  Wind                                                                    
     Working Group                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     Energy Transition Initiative Partnership Program                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     Conferences, Workshops, Renewable  Energy Fairs, Public                                                                    
     Presentations                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
MR. ROSE presented slide 4, "REAP Advocacy," which read as                                                                      
follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     2008:  Renewable   Energy  Fund,  $100   million  ($270                                                                    
     million total)                                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
     2008:  $360 million  to  AHFC  for home  weatherization                                                                    
     ($640 million total)                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
     2010: Emerging  Energy Technology  Fund House  Bill 306                                                                    
     (State Energy Policy)                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     2016: SB 196 (PCE Endowment)                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     2017: Property Assessed Clean Energy (C-PACE)                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     2014-2021: Railbelt Electric Grid Reform                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     2017-2021: Green Bank                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MR. ROSE presented slide 5, "Alaska's Annual Billion Dollar                                                                     
Bonfire," which read as follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Each  year, Alaskans  collectively spend  approximately                                                                    
     $5  billion on  electric,  heating, and  transportation                                                                    
     energy.   At least  20% of that  energy is  wasted land                                                                    
     goes up in smoke."                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
MR. ROSE presented slide 6, "Energy Efficiency: The "First                                                                      
Fuel," which read as follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     Alaskans will  spend an estimated $5  BILLION on diesel                                                                  
     fuel,  natural gas  and gasoline  for our  electricity,                                                                    
     heat  and  transportation  in  the   next  year     and                                                                    
     approximately 20% will be wasted                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
3:56:36 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. ROSE presented slide 7, "Weatherization and Rebate                                                                          
Programs," which read as follows [original punctuation                                                                          
provided]:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     • $640 million appropriated by the state since 2008                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     • Over 50,000 homes - average savings: 30%                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
        • Average annual fuel savings is over 25 million                                                                        
     gallons of diesel equivalent                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
MR. ROSE presented slide 8,  "Renewable Energy Grant Fund," which                                                               
read as follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Established in 2008                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
      $270 million in state appropriations have leveraged                                                                       
     another $200 million in federal and private dollars                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
      In 2020, 80+ projects displaced the equivalent of 30                                                                      
     million gallons of diesel fuel                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MR. ROSE presented slide 9,  "Levelized Cost of Energy Comparison                                                               
- Unsubsidized  Analysis," subtitled "Certain  Alternative Energy                                                               
generation  technologies are  cost-competitive with  conventional                                                               
generation technologies under  certain circumstances."  Displayed                                                               
on the  slide was a graph  demonstrating that solar and  wind are                                                               
the cheapest forms of electricity  generation.  He said the point                                                               
of  the graph  is  to  show that  renewable  energy projects  are                                                               
becoming  progressively less  expensive.   He proceeded  to slide                                                               
10, "Why  Private Financing for  Clean Energy is  Lacking," which                                                               
read as follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     ? Short track record for clean energy financing                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     ? Clean energy projects are small and distributed                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     ? Lack of capital market liquidity and maturity                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     ? Human and organizational behavior                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
4:00:16 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. ROSE  presented slide  11, "Elements  of Green  Banks," which                                                               
read as follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     A focus on commercial technologies                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
     A dedicated source of capital                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
     A focus on leveraging private investment                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     A relationship with government                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MR. ROSE presented slide 12, "Functions of Green Banks," which                                                                  
read as follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     Design Loan Products & Programs to De-Risk                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     Educate Private Banks on the Opportunity                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     Market Loan Products and Programs                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     Leverage Private Investment Capital                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MR. ROSE presented slide 13, "C-PACE (Commercial Property                                                                       
Assessed Clean Energy)," which read as follows [original                                                                        
punctuation provided]:                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     • $0 down financing                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     • Decreases costs, improves value                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     • Long repayment                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     • Low, fixed interest rate                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     • Projects are cash flow positive                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     • Secured by property, not owner                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     • Obligation transfers at sale                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MR. ROSE presented slide 14, "Passage of HB 170 Will:" which                                                                    
read as follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     • Lower the energy burden of Alaskans                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     • Develop investment opportunities for Alaskan lending                                                                     
     institutions                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
     • Create jobs and promote business development                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
       • Keep precious energy dollars circulating in the                                                                        
     economy                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     • Position the state to receive federal operating and                                                                      
     investment capital                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:02:47 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
BERT HUNTER,  Chief Investment  Officer, Connecticut  Green Bank,                                                               
presented  a  PowerPoint,  titled "Overview  of  the  Connecticut                                                               
Green Bank,"  in support of  HB 170.   He began  his presentation                                                               
with  slide  2,  "About  Us," which  read  as  follows  [original                                                               
punctuation provided]:                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     ?  Quasi-public  organization    Created  in  2011  and                                                                
     successor to the Connecticut Clean Energy Fund.                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     ? Focus   Finance  clean energy (i.e. renewable energy,                                                                
     energy  efficiency,  energy storage,  alternative  fuel                                                                    
     vehicles and infrastructure, etc.).                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
     ?  Balance Sheet    Approx  $77m net  position &  $213m                                                                
     assets FY20                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     ?  Revenue  & Funding     from  a variety  of  sources,                                                                
     including:                                                                                                                 
              State  Support      $0.001/kWh   surcharge  on                                                                
          electric   ratepayer  bills   (about  $7-$10   per                                                                    
          household  per  year  ˜   $24-26M  per  year)  and                                                                    
          Regional  Greenhouse  Gas Initiative  about  $3-5M                                                                    
          per year (for renewable energy)                                                                                       
             Federal  Support     competitive  solicitations                                                                
          (e.g.,  SunShot, USDA,  etc.) and  non-competitive                                                                    
          resources (e.g., ARRA-SEP)                                                                                            
            Portfolio Cash Flow  Approx $8M / year                                                                          
             Bonds  &  Borrowing      issue  "green  liberty                                                                
          bonds,"   bank   loan   facilities,   tax   equity                                                                    
          investors, and foundations (e.g., PRI's)                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
4:06:03 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  FIELDS  asked how  much  money  came from  the  initial                                                               
capitalization  versus the  sources of  revenue which  have since                                                               
become ongoing.                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MR. HUNTER answered that approximately  $70 million was inherited                                                               
from  the clean  energy fund,  with the  balance coming  from the                                                               
system  benefit  charges.    He  stated  that  total  assets  are                                                               
currently   $215  to   $220  million,   with   $180  million   in                                                               
investments.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
4:07:02 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. HUNTER presented slide 3,  "Board of Directors," which showed                                                               
members appointed  by the governor  and legislative  leaders, and                                                               
includes members  from the Department  of Energy  and Environment                                                               
Protection,   the   Department    of   Economic   and   Community                                                               
Development,  and the  Office of  the Treasurer.   He  said board                                                               
meetings  are open  to the  public and  he invited  the committee                                                               
members to attend the next meeting.                                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MR. HUNTER presented slide 4,  "Our focus," which read as follows                                                               
[original punctuation provided]:                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
     • create affordable long-term, sustainable financing                                                                       
      • energy efficiency and clean energy (solar, hydro,                                                                       
     wind)                                                                                                                      
        • support residential, commercial, industrial +                                                                         
     government (Muni / State) sectors                                                                                          
     • leverage private sector capital                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
MR. HUNTER  presented slide 5,  "How Green Banks  Leverage Public                                                               
Capital  with  More   Private  Capital  (methodologies?),"  which                                                               
displayed graphics explaining how green  banks work.  He said the                                                               
market is  incentivized through co-investment, credit  support or                                                               
enhancement  to mitigate  some  of the  risk  assumed by  private                                                               
capital, and warehousing to aggregate  smaller projects.  He then                                                               
presented slide 6, "How Green  Banks Leverage Public Capital with                                                               
More  Private Capital  (our  current programs/products?),"  which                                                               
displayed  graphics  showing  various   programs.    The  company                                                               
PosiGen, he  said, is an  energy efficiency company  that focuses                                                               
on  single  family homes;  through  a  "novel" credit  assessment                                                               
technique the  company is  able to reach  low to  moderate income                                                               
families and reduce  their energy burden by  $800-$1000 per year.                                                               
The "smart-e loan"  program, he said, works  with community banks                                                               
and credit  unions to offer  a loss reserve intended  to mitigate                                                               
losses due to energy efficiency  loans.  In warehousing, he said,                                                               
direct  loans can  be made  to commercial  properties in  the "c-                                                               
pace"  program,   in  which   transactions  are   aggregated  and                                                               
securitized; the  program then issues  bonds against the  pool of                                                               
transactions.                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
4:11:32 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  HUNTER presented  slide 7,  "Statewide  EE Programs  working                                                               
with our energy utilities?," which  displayed pictures of workers                                                               
at electric utilities to indicate  that the program works closely                                                               
with electric utilities.  He  then presented slide 8, "Green Bank                                                               
Clean  Energy  Aggregate  Investment   by  Source  -  Public  and                                                               
Private,"  which displayed  a bar  graph  showing how  investment                                                               
increased  rapidly in  the early  years and  has increased  every                                                               
year since 2012.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
4:12:35 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SCHRAGE said  that Alaska's  green bank  proposal                                                               
would require substantial funds from  the state to show "proof of                                                               
concept" and  he noted that  the Connecticut Green Bank  was able                                                               
to  avoid  using  state funds  by  instantly  leveraging  private                                                               
capital.   He  asked why  Alaska would  require additional  state                                                               
funding.                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MR.  HUNTER  explained  that Connecticut's  program  purposefully                                                               
avoided fully  financing any transaction in  order to demonstrate                                                               
bank and  credit union participation.   He said that it  was very                                                               
important to  have a  starting capital position  in order  to get                                                               
attention from the banks.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  SCHRAGE  commented that  it  sounds  as if  state                                                               
funding was  initially required,  and that  financial institution                                                               
and private investors were eager to get involved.                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
MR. HUNTER replied,  "That's correct."  He then  discussed a case                                                               
in which  an energy  services agreement  on college  campuses was                                                               
handled completely by the green bank without other capital.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
4:16:24 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  HUNTER resumed  his PowerPoint  presentation  with slide  9,                                                               
"Connecticut   Green  Bank   Impact  Investment      Social   and                                                               
Environmental,"  and explained  that  the  program has  generated                                                               
nearly  $100  million  in state  tax  revenues  from  individual,                                                               
corporate, and  sales taxes,  and has  helped create  over 23,000                                                               
job-years  while reducing  the energy  burden on  55,000 families                                                               
and businesses through  the deployment of clean energy.   He said                                                               
that  the program  has helped  avoid  the emission  of 9  million                                                               
metric tons  of greenhouse gasses.   He then presented  slide 10,                                                               
"Connecticut   Green  Bank   Balance   Sheet  Evolution,"   which                                                               
displayed pie charts  comparing the different types  of assets in                                                               
2012 and 2020.   Slide 11, "Connecticut Green  Bank Balance Sheet                                                               
Evolution," showed pie charts demonstrating  the project types in                                                               
which the green bank has invested.                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
MR.   HUNTER  presented   slide  12,   "Connecticut  Green   Bank                                                               
Counterparties   Organization  overview,"   which  displayed   an                                                               
organizational chart showing the  use of subsidiaries and single-                                                               
member limited  liability companies  (LLCs), in which  the single                                                               
member is the green bank.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
4:19:43 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE SCHRAGE asked whether  the green bank has utilized                                                               
limited  liability  partnerships.    He also  asked  whether  Mr.                                                               
Hunter had an  opinion on whether the  Alaska energy independence                                                               
fund would be negatively affected  due to the inability to create                                                               
limited liability partnerships.                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MR. HUNTER  pointed out two  LLC subsidiaries and said  that LLCs                                                               
with multiple  members used  to be  called partnerships,  but now                                                               
they're simply LLCs with two members,  one of which is a managing                                                               
member.  He pointed out that  the structure is used to "wall off"                                                               
protections for investors.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
4:21:59 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  HUNTER  presented  slide  13,  "Public-Private  Partnerships                                                               
>$800  Million1  in  Private Capital  Raised  (5  Years),"  which                                                               
displayed many  different companies  from small credit  unions to                                                               
billion-dollar private  equity firms.   He said this slide  is to                                                               
show that a  small state such as Connecticut  can attract capital                                                               
and  that the  investor market  is interested  in the  activities                                                               
undertaken  by the  green  bank.   He  then  presented slide  14,                                                               
"Green Liberty  Bonds http://www.greenlibertybonds.com/,"  and he                                                               
encouraged  community members  to  visit  the investor  relations                                                               
website.   He presented  slide 15,  "Connecticut Green  Bank Bond                                                               
Awards," which read as follows [original punctuation provided]:                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     •  The Green  Bank won  two Environmental  Finance Bond                                                                    
     awards  in   2020.  The  awards   were  judged   by  an                                                                    
     independent panel comprising 30  of the world's largest                                                                    
     green, social and sustainability bond investors                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
     • The  Green Bank  also won  the Bond  Buyer Innovative                                                                    
     Deal of  the Year  Award. The Deal  of the  Year awards                                                                    
     recognize   innovation   in   municipal   finance   and                                                                    
     represent  the full  diversity of  the communities  and                                                                    
     public  purposes  that  are  served  by  the  municipal                                                                    
     finance market.                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MR.  HUNTER said  that he  feels the  Connecticut Green  Bank has                                                               
paved the  way for  other green banks  to successfully  enter the                                                               
market.                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
4:23:34 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE NELSON  asked what  restrictions the  state placed                                                               
on the Connecticut Green Bank at its inception.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MR. HUNTER replied,  "Very few, actually, but  that's because the                                                               
state looked  to our board to  make sure we were  staying in line                                                               
with the legislation."  He  said the Connecticut Green Bank makes                                                               
annual  reports to  the legislature  and is  audited by  a public                                                               
accounting firm.                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  NELSON noted  the growth  of the  green bank  and                                                               
asked whether  Mr. Hunter believes  the fund would have  had such                                                               
growth if there had been many state-imposed restrictions.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
MR.  HUNTER responded  that one  of  the reasons  for the  fund's                                                               
success  is that  it  has  been "nimble"  and  responsive to  the                                                               
community.   He noted that  out of  a $180 million  portfolio and                                                               
$200  million in  transactions,  losses  have been  approximately                                                               
$200,000.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
4:26:19 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JEFFERY SCHUB,  Executive Director, Coalition for  Green Capital,                                                               
presented  a PowerPoint  in  support of  HB  170 titled,  "Alaska                                                               
Energy Independence Fund   Proven  Model & National Perspective."                                                               
He began  his presentation on  slide 2, "CGC is  nonprofit expert                                                               
on  public  clean  energy   finance  institutions  that  leverage                                                               
private  capital," which  read as  follows [original  punctuation                                                               
provided]:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
       • Mission to mobilize private capital in order to                                                                        
     accelerate clean energy deployment, lower energy costs                                                                     
     and expand access                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
       • Partner with governments, market actors, capital                                                                       
     providers, and NGOs to design and launch public clean                                                                      
     energy finance entities                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
        • Delivered technical assistance in over a dozen                                                                        
     states, multiple countries, leading to over $5B of new                                                                     
     investment                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
     • Team of nearly 20 experts working around the country                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MR. SCHUB presented  slide 3, "EIF model proven  in other states;                                                               
$5B+  investment; lower  energy  costs, new  jobs,  and focus  on                                                               
underserved,"  which  displayed  graphics showing  the  level  of                                                               
collective  investment from  green bank  institutions across  the                                                               
country, totaling  approximately $5 billion through  2019, with a                                                               
3:1 private to  public leverage ratio.  He said  that taking 2020                                                               
into account would  bring the fund to $7 billion,  as green banks                                                               
had  record-breaking  years of  investment  in  2020 despite  the                                                               
COVID-19 crisis.   He noted that  many of the green  banks across                                                               
the country  focus on the  underserved or rural  communities that                                                               
are often excluded from transitions  to clean energy, suffer from                                                               
unreliable  power  sources,  or experience  burdens  from  higher                                                               
electricity bills.   He  then presented  slide 4,  "Model quickly                                                               
spreading across  the country irrespective  of politics  - state-                                                               
specific entities  for state-specific  needs," which  displayed a                                                               
map  of the  United  States showing  states  with existing  green                                                               
banks, states  with green banks  in development, and  states with                                                               
green banks to be formed.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
4:29:31 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR.  SCHUB  proceeded  to  slide   5,  "Last  year  CGC  analyzed                                                               
opportunity in  Anchorage; potential starting point  for EIF, but                                                               
needs are  broader," which read as  follows [original punctuation                                                               
provided]:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     • Found significant investment need & opportunity                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
      • Focus on small-scale solar generation, residential                                                                      
        heating and electric efficiency, and commercial                                                                         
     building upgrades via C-PACE financing.                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
     • AK  EIF can address these  needs, complement existing                                                                    
     activity,  and  fill  gaps   not  currently  served  by                                                                    
     lenders due to small project  size, a lack of dedicated                                                                    
     clean   energy   lending   capital,  or   lender   risk                                                                    
     assumptions                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
MR  SCHUB  presented  slide  6,   "Bipartisan  leg  for  national                                                               
"Accelerator" to  fund orgs like  EIF co-sponsored by  Rep Young,                                                               
endorsed by President,"  and he said that  the federal government                                                               
is close  to enacting  complementary federal  policy specifically                                                               
to provide  new capital  to the  Alaska Energy  Independence Fund                                                               
and  projects  like it.    The  Clean Energy  and  Sustainability                                                               
Accelerator, a  $100 billion national green  bank with bipartisan                                                               
support, would fund state entities.   He said the legislation has                                                               
passed the U.S. House of  Representatives twice in the past year,                                                               
and President Joe Biden's American  Jobs Plan expressly noted the                                                               
accelerator.   He then  presented slide 7,  "Funds would  flow to                                                               
and through EIF & join  private capital to fund businesses, build                                                               
projects,  serve   communities,"  showing  that  areas   such  as                                                               
renewable  power, buildings,  transportation, and  industry would                                                               
be eligible for investment.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MR.   SCHUB  presented   slide   8,   "Investment  would   target                                                               
disadvantaged,  underserved communities  to reduce  energy costs,                                                               
support economies,"  which read as follows  [original punctuation                                                               
provided]:                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
     Create Jobs                                                                                                              
     New Businesses                                                                                                           
     Lower Household Energy Burden                                                                                            
     Improved Public Health                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     Example Investments                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
        • Affordable financing for households to improve                                                                        
     energy efficiency, comfort                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
        • Work with native communities to increase local                                                                        
        renewable power generation, paired with battery                                                                         
     storage                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
        • Build out microgrids to make communities more                                                                         
     resilient                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
MR.  SCHUB pointed  out  that there  are no  green  banks in  the                                                               
country  that  have  a statutory  requirement  in  their  forming                                                               
documents for investment in  underserved communities; however, he                                                               
said,  nearly  all  of them,  through  management  and  strategic                                                               
decisions,  have   chosen  to  prioritize   underserved  sectors.                                                               
Funding from  Clean Energy  and Sustainability  Accelerator would                                                               
be a  way of  ensuring that the  Alaska Energy  Independence Fund                                                               
would  invest  in  underserved communities,  he  said,  with  the                                                               
condition applied to the funding instead of to the institution.                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:34:30 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  NELSON  asked  Mr.   Weitzner,  from  the  Alaska                                                               
Industrial  Development and  Export  Authority  (AIDEA), for  his                                                               
opinion  on the  amendments to  HB  170 that  were passed  during                                                               
previous meetings  of the House  Special Committee on  Energy [in                                                               
CSHB 170(ENE)].                                                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
MR. WEITZNER  discussed amendments adopted  to HB 170  during the                                                               
April  20,  2021,  meeting  of the  House  Special  Committee  on                                                               
Energy.      An  amendment regarding  the  establishment  of  the                                                               
"Alaska  energy  independence  program advisory  board"  and  the                                                               
position  AIDEA would  be in  with  the passage  of the  proposed                                                               
legislation, he  said, would  "burden" the  proposed legislation.                                                               
He   suggested   that   the   amendment   doesn't   address   the                                                               
constitutional  issues  between  the  legislative  and  executive                                                               
branches.   He  said  that  Amendment 1  would  present an  issue                                                               
because the fund's purpose would be  to act as a financial entity                                                               
rather  than to  implement  energy policy,  which  would be  more                                                               
appropriate  within  consideration  of   the  regulations  to  be                                                               
adopted.  He then addressed  Amendment 11, which would require 35                                                               
percent  of loans  or  other forms  of financing  to  be made  in                                                               
communities that  receive, or have  residents who  receive, power                                                               
cost equalization,  pointing out that effective  green banks have                                                               
been  structured  to have  flexibility  in  programs and  funding                                                               
direction.    He  said  that the  advisory  board  would  include                                                               
members of  such communities  and that the  board would  have the                                                               
flexibility  to implement  programs  with  the specific  criteria                                                               
provided by the amendment.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE  NELSON opined  that if  HB  170 were  to pass  it                                                               
wouldn't have the  same "flourish" as the  Connecticut Green Bank                                                               
due to the legislative restrictions.                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
MR.  NEFF responded,  "That is  correct."   He suggested  that if                                                               
Amendment 11  mandated that 65  percent of funds be  reserved for                                                               
power  cost equalization  communities,  the  same comments  would                                                               
apply.  He  said that broad-based flexibility is  needed to adapt                                                               
to Alaska's specific needs.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
[CSHB 170(ENE) was held over.]                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
         SB 69-EXEMPT RENEWABLE ENERGY ELECTRIC PLANTS                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
4:39:29 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS announced  that the next order  of business would                                                               
be  SENATE BILL  NO.  69,  "An Act  extending  an exemption  from                                                               
regulation  as  a  public  utility   for  plants  and  facilities                                                               
generating electricity entirely  from renewable energy resources;                                                               
and providing for an effective date."                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
4:39:52 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
DIRK CRAFT, Staff, Senator Josh  Revak, Alaska State Legislature,                                                               
presented SB  69 on behalf of  Senator Revak, prime sponsor.   He                                                               
explained  that   the  proposed  legislation  would   extend  the                                                               
exemption from  July 1, 2021, to  July 1, 2028, for  power plants                                                               
that   utilize  renewable   resources.     He  noted   Alaska  is                                                               
experiencing increasing private investment  in the development of                                                               
renewable energy and that since  2010 Alaska has exempted certain                                                               
independent  power producers  (IPPs)  from  regulation under  the                                                               
Regulatory Commission  of Alaska (RCA), which  is responsible for                                                               
certifying utilities,  regulating rates, resolving  disputes, and                                                               
protecting  customers.   Exemptions were  available to  IPPs that                                                               
meet  four criteria:   they  generate  electricity entirely  from                                                               
renewable energy, the  facility is under 65  megawatts, they sell                                                               
power  only  to  a  regulated public  utility,  and  the  project                                                               
doesn't receive state tax credits or  grants.  The extra layer of                                                               
regulation  can  prevent  IPPs from  providing  investment  while                                                               
adding  to the  cost  of government;  exempting  IPPs under  such                                                               
narrow  conditions ensures  that there  isn't costly  duplicative                                                               
regulation.    He  said  that consumers  are  protected  due  RCA                                                               
consideration of the public purchase  agreements between IPPs and                                                               
public utilities;  therefore, he  said, the exemption  through SB
69 would  continue state oversight  in power  purchase agreements                                                               
and consumer protection.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MR. CRAFT  pointed out  that an amendment  from the  Senate Floor                                                               
made two  small changes in the  text of SB  69.  He said  that an                                                               
additional reference  to the electrical  reliability organization                                                               
(ERO) statute was  made to clarify that  the regulatory exemption                                                               
under  AS 42.05.711(r)  does  not apply  to  the applicable  ERO-                                                               
related  regulations under  AS 42.05.760  to AS  42.05.790, which                                                               
were  authorized under  Senate Bill  123 during  the Thirty-First                                                               
Alaska State  Legislature.   He also noted  that the  sunset date                                                               
was reduced to seven years.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
4:42:10 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
JENN  MILLER,  Chief  Executive  Officer,  Renewable  Independent                                                               
Power  Producers ("Renewable  IPP"), testified  in support  of SB
69.   She said Renewable  IPP is  an Alaskan small  business that                                                               
develops,  builds, and  operates utility-scale  solar farms  like                                                               
the Willow  Solar Farm.  She  explained that an IPP  is a private                                                               
entity that owns  and operates a power generation site  such as a                                                               
solar or wind farm; the IPP  connects to the power grid and sells                                                               
power to  the utilities  at wholesale prices.   For  example, she                                                               
said,  the  Willow  Solar  Farm  sells  power  to  the  Matanuska                                                               
Electric Association  (MEA) for 8  cents per kilowatt  hour while                                                               
the  retail rate  is approximately  18 cents  per kilowatt  hour.                                                               
She  noted that  MEA  operates the  infrastructure  of the  power                                                               
grid.  She  said the IPP model allows private  investment to fund                                                               
projects, thereby allowing  investors to take on the  risk of the                                                               
project   and   subsequently   introduce   competition   to   the                                                               
cooperative  model  of  power  generation.   She  said  that  the                                                               
Houston Solar Farm  is approximately seven times  larger than the                                                               
Willow Solar Farm  and with the addition of  the Houston project,                                                               
the solar  capacity of the  state will  almost double.   She said                                                               
the  Houston project  commenced by  identifying the  location and                                                               
then  approached  MEA  to work  on  technical  studies  regarding                                                               
infrastructure and  the feasibility  of being able  to tie  in to                                                               
the grid.  The IPP worked  with MEA on a power purchase agreement                                                               
and when  MEA and the  IPP agreed on  a pricing model,  she said,                                                               
the contract  went to the  Regulatory Commission of  Alaska (RCA)                                                               
for review  and approval.  She  pointed out that the  function of                                                               
RCA  is  to  ensure  fairness  and public  interest.    Upon  RCA                                                               
approval,  she  said,   the  project  may  be   built  and  start                                                               
generating power.                                                                                                               
                                                                                                                                
4:46:59 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MS. MILLER  said that SB  69 would  remove a layer  of additional                                                               
oversight; in  the absence  of the  exemption under  the proposed                                                               
legislation the IPP would be  required to file a quarterly report                                                               
with RCA,  which would require additional  legal and professional                                                               
staff to  support the filings.   She pointed out that  the reason                                                               
why the  absence of exemption  equates to  duplicative regulation                                                               
is that  RCA already  approved the contract  between the  IPP and                                                               
the utility,  MEA; the utility  already files a  quarterly report                                                               
on the  amount of  energy produced  by the IPP  and how  much the                                                               
utility  paid  for  it.   Duplicative  regulation  increases  the                                                               
overhead of IPP projects and costs  money for RCA.  She said that                                                               
private investors  look at opportunities  across the  country; as                                                               
Alaska's requirement  for such oversight  is unique in  the U.S.,                                                               
the exemption  would put Alaska's  IPPs on a level  playing field                                                               
with other  power producers across  the country when it  comes to                                                               
attracting private  investment.   She pointed  out that  wind and                                                               
solar installation are two of  the fastest-growing occupations in                                                               
Alaska  and an  exemption  under SB  69  would increase  economic                                                               
opportunities.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
4:49:45 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  FIELDS  commented  that  battery  storage  is  used  in                                                               
smaller communities, and  he asked whether the  economics of such                                                               
storage are becoming more favorable for larger communities.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
MS.  MILLER  replied   that  the  cost  of   battery  storage  is                                                               
decreasing each year.                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
4:50:49 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE MCCARTY asked whether  the proposed legislation is                                                               
fair to large companies.                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
MR. CRAFT explained that when  the proposed legislation was first                                                               
introduced during the Twenty-Sixth  Alaska State Legislature, the                                                               
intention  was to  identify newer  sources  of renewable  energy;                                                               
large projects  are usually generated  by utilities,  while small                                                               
IPPs  are  not classified  as  utilities  but are  selling  power                                                               
wholesale to  the public utilities.   The intention of SB  69, he                                                               
said, is  to create  certainty in  the regulatory  environment to                                                               
attract private investment.                                                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE MCCARTY  asked how selling energy  to utilities at                                                               
a lower wholesale price translates to savings for consumers.                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
MR. CRAFT said he would send price information.                                                                                 
                                                                                                                                
4:53:04 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR  FIELDS asked  Ms. Miller  to  talk about  the cost  per                                                               
kilowatt  hour  for the  IPP  versus  the  cost a  homeowner  may                                                               
experience with a rooftop solar power installation.                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
MS. MILLER  replied that  solar power is  currently sold  for 7.8                                                               
cents per  kilowatt hour, and  future projects should  have lower                                                               
prices.   Residential solar  panel owners  are allowed  to offset                                                               
their electricity  bills by their  solar power production  at the                                                               
full retail  rate of 18  cents per  kilowatt hour, she  said, and                                                               
the payback  time for residential solar  systems is approximately                                                               
10 years.                                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
4:55:05 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE NELSON  asked what  the worst case  scenario would                                                               
be if SB 69 fails to pass.                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                
MR.  CRAFT replied  that Ms.  Miller's  small IPP  would have  to                                                               
start  hiring staff,  at  substantial cost,  to  prepare for  the                                                               
quarterly filings to RCA.                                                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
REPRESENTATIVE NELSON asked,  "So it would start  closing up some                                                               
of the smaller shops around Alaska and give more regulations?"                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
MR. CRAFT  responded yes,  the regulations  would go  into effect                                                               
and  IPPs  would need  to  plan  to  make quarterly  filings  and                                                               
evaluate the  cost and  how it  could affect  the financing  of a                                                               
power project.                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
[SB 69 was held over.]                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
^CONFIRMATION HEARING(S):                                                                                                       
                    CONFIRMATION HEARING(S):                                                                                
^Board of Direct Entry Midwives                                                                                                 
                 Board of Direct Entry Midwives                                                                             
                                                                                                                                
4:56:53 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR FIELDS announced that the  final order of business would                                                               
be the  confirmation hearing for consideration  of the governor's                                                               
appointee to the Board of Direct Entry Midwives.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
4:57:03 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
TANYA KIRK, Appointee,  Board of Direct Entry  Midwives, said she                                                               
has lived  in Alaska for 30  years and is a  registered nurse and                                                               
nurse  midwife  at  Anchorage  Women's  Clinic.    She  described                                                               
noticing the differences between  nurse midwives and direct entry                                                               
midwives  when she  was working  as  a hospitalist  and said  she                                                               
feels that women should be able  to choose where they give birth.                                                               
She said she wants to be on the  board so that she can help women                                                               
and the direct entry midwives who care for them.                                                                                
                                                                                                                                
[The confirmation hearing resumed on 4/28/21.]                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
4:59:21 PM                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
ADJOURNMENT                                                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
There being no  further business before the  committee, the House                                                               
Labor and  Commerce Standing Committee  meeting was  adjourned at                                                               
4:59 p.m.                                                                                                                       

Document Name Date/Time Subjects
Vincent Perez Resume.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
Tanya Kirk Board Application.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
Tanya Kirk Resume.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
Casey Dschaak Board Application.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
SB 69 am Version A.A.PDF HENE 4/6/2021 10:15:00 AM
HENE 4/13/2021 10:15:00 AM
HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
SB 69
SB 69 am Summary of Changes.pdf HENE 4/6/2021 10:15:00 AM
HENE 4/13/2021 10:15:00 AM
HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
SB 69
SB 69 am Sponsor Statement.pdf HENE 4/6/2021 10:15:00 AM
HENE 4/13/2021 10:15:00 AM
HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
SB 69
SB 69 List of renewable facilities 2010-2021.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
SL&C 3/3/2021 1:30:00 PM
SB 69
SB 69 Written Testimony Alaska Power Association.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
SL&C 3/3/2021 1:30:00 PM
SB 69
SB 69 Support Received as of 4.25.21.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
SB 69
SB 69 v. A Legislative Research IPP's 2.4.2021.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
SL&C 2/15/2021 1:30:00 PM
SB 69
SB 69 Fiscal Note - DCCED, 3.5.21.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
SB 69
SB 69 Legal Opinion 3.4.21.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
SB 69
SB 69 version A.pdf HENE 4/6/2021 10:15:00 AM
HENE 4/13/2021 10:15:00 AM
HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
SB 69
HB 170 Presentation - AIDEA, Alan Weitzner, 4.25.21.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
REAP - HB 170 & SB 123 Letter of Support - 4.11.21.pdf HENE 4/13/2021 10:15:00 AM
HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
SB 123
HB 170 Sponsor Statement-Transmittal Letter (4.8.21).pdf HCRA 4/15/2021 10:15:00 AM
HENE 4/13/2021 10:15:00 AM
HENE 4/15/2021 10:15:00 AM
HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
HB 170 Supporting - A Green Bank for Alaska - REAP - 2020.pdf HCRA 4/15/2021 10:15:00 AM
HENE 4/13/2021 10:15:00 AM
HENE 4/15/2021 10:15:00 AM
HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
HB 170 Supporting - Green Bank Opportunity Report - MOA - May 2020.pdf HCRA 4/15/2021 10:15:00 AM
HENE 4/13/2021 10:15:00 AM
HENE 4/15/2021 10:15:00 AM
HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
HB 170 Supporting - Green Banks in the U.S. - 2020.pdf HCRA 4/15/2021 10:15:00 AM
HENE 4/13/2021 10:15:00 AM
HENE 4/15/2021 10:15:00 AM
HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
HB 170 Public Comment as of 4.25.21.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
HB 170 Sectional Analysis v. B.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
HB 170 Summary of Changes (Version A to Version B).pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
HB 170 Presentation - AIDEA, Alan Weitzner, 4.25.21.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
HB 170 Presentation - REAP, Chris Rose 4.25.21.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
HB 170 Presentation - Coalition for Green Capital, Jeffrey Schub 4.25.21.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
HB 170 Presentation - CT Greenbank, Bert Hunter 4.25.21.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
CS for HB 170 (ENE), v. B.PDF HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
HB0170A (1).PDF HCRA 4/15/2021 10:15:00 AM
HENE 4/13/2021 10:15:00 AM
HENE 4/15/2021 10:15:00 AM
HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
HB 170 Fiscal Note - CAP-AEIF, 4.08.21.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
HB 170 Fiscal Note - DCCED-AEA, 4.23.21.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170
HB 170 Fiscal Note - DCCED-AIDEA, 4.23.21.pdf HL&C 4/26/2021 3:15:00 PM
HB 170