Full Committee Hearing: The Status of the ‘Rebuilding and Privatization of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’, (PREPA)

Date: Tuesday, April 9, 2019 Time: 10:00 AM Location: Longworth House Office Building 1324 Presiding: The Hon. Raul Grijalva

On Tuesday, April 9, 2019, at 10:00 A.M. in room 1324 Longworth House Office Building, the Committee on Natural Resources will hold an oversight hearing on “The Status of the ‘Rebuilding and Privatization of the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority’, (PREPA).”

Witnesses 

Panel I 

• The Honorable Bruce J. Walker, Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity, U.S. Department of Energy (testimony)

• Mr. José F. Ortiz Vázquez, Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer, Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority (testimony)

• Mr. Sergio M. Marxuach, Policy Director, Center for a New Economy (testimony)

• Dr. Marla D. Pérez Lugo, Ph.D., Professor of Environmental Sociology, Department of Social Sciences, University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez (testimony)

• Mr. Rodrigo MassesPresident, Puerto Rico Manufacturers Association (testimony)

• Mr. Noel Zamot, President, Atabey Group (testimony)

Panel II 

• Dr. Nelson I. Colón Tarrats, President and Chief Executive Officer, Puerto Rico Community Foundation (testimony)

• Mr. Ramón J. Cruz, Board of Directors, Sierra Club (testimony)

• Mr. Tom SanzilloDirector of Finance, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) (testimony)

• Mr. Angel Figueroa Jaramillo, President, Electrical Industry and Irrigation Workers Union (testimony)

• Mr. Tomás J. Torres, Executive Director, Puerto Rico Institute for a Competitiveness and Sustainable Economy (testimony)

• Mr. Douglas Holtz-Eakin, President, American Action Forum (testimony)