FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
State Rep. Mike Sturla D-Lancaster Chairman, Majority Policy Committee www.pahouse.com/sturla	State Rep. Matthew Bradford D-Montgomery Hearing Co-Chairman www.pahouse.com/bradford

MEDIA ADVISORY

Majority Policy Committee, Bradford to explore

alternative energy issues Wednesday in Worcester

DEP Secretary John Hanger to testify

HARRISBURG, July 26 – Chairman Mike Sturla, D-Lancaster, announced today that the House Majority Policy Committee will hold a public hearing on alternative energy issues from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. Wednesday, July 28 in the auditorium at Allan Myers Inc., 1805 Berks Road, Worcester.

State Rep. Matthew Bradford, D-Montgomery, requested the hearing and will serve as co-chairman. The current agenda is:

· 1 p.m. – Welcome and opening remarks

· 1:10 p.m. – John Hanger, secretary, Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection        

· 1:25 p.m. – Jan Jarret, president, PennFuture

· 1:40 p.m. – David Masur, executive director, PennEnvironment

·    1:55 p.m. – Reiner Jaeckle, founder and chief operations officer, Metro-Tek Electrical Services

·   2:10 p.m. – Rob Colucci, senior director of energy and sustainability, Merck & Company

· 2:25 p.m. – Maureen Mulligan, representative for Solar Alliance & Mid-Atlantic Solar Energy Industries Association/PA Division

· 2:40 p.m. – Eric Thumma, senior REC originator, Iberdrola Renewables

·   2:55 p.m. – Closing remarks    

For more information about the Policy Committee, go to www.pahouse.com/PolicyCommittee.

The hearing is open to the public and media coverage is invited.