PUBLIC UTILITIES, ENERGY, AND TECHNOLOGY INTERIM COMMITTEE
Wednesday, August 9, 2023 | 8:30 AM | 220 Senate Building

1.    Committee Business

·         Call to order

·         Approval of the minutes of the May 17th and June 14th, 2023, meeting

 

2.    Legislative Audit: Two-Year Follow-Up of 911 Call Answer Times for VECC and Salt Lake City 911 8:30 – 8:45AM

·         Brian Dean, Deputy Auditor General, Office of the Legislative Auditor General

 

3.    Grid Resilience Committee Progress Report 8:45 – 9:00AM

·         Chris Parker, Chair, Grid Resilience Committee

 

4.    A Performance Audit of Utah’s State Energy Policy 9:00 – 9:30AM

·         Brian Dean, Audit Manager, Office of the Legislative Auditor General

·         Matthias Boone, Senior Audit Supervisor, Office of the Legislative Auditor General

·         McKenzie Cantlon, Audit Staff, Office of the Legislative Auditor General

 

5.    Statutorily Required Report: Energy Policy Review 9:30 – 9:45AM

·         Harry Hansen, Deputy Director, Office of Energy Development

 

6.    Energy Production 9:45 – 10:15AM

·         Mike Squires, Government Affairs Director, Utah Associated Municipal Power Systems

·         Dr. Joseph Moore, Principal Investigator, Utah Forge

 

7.    Statutorily Required Report: Water Use in Energy Production 10:15 – 11:00AM

·         Teresa Wilhelmsen, State Engineer, Utah Division of Water Rights

·         Milind D. Deo, Professor of Chemical Engineering, University of Utah; Director, Energy and Geoscience Institute (EGI)

·         Julie Sieving, P.E., C.E.M; Co-Director, Intermountain Industrial Assessment Center, University of Utah

 

8.    Other Items 11:00AM