Transportation and the Environment

Council of the District of Columbia COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & THE ENVIRONMENT AGENDA & WITNESS LIST 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004 COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES ALLEN, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & THE ENVIRONMENT ANNOUNCES A BUDGET OVERSIGHT HEARING ON THE DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENT GREEN FINANCE AUTHORITY DC SUSTAINABLE ENERGY UTILITY (public witnesses only) Friday, June 13, 2025, 9:00 a.m. –6:00 p.m. Hybrid Hearing in Room 500 and via Zoom To Watch Live: https://dccouncil.us/council-videos/ http://video.oct.dc.gov/DCC/jw.htm https://www.youtube.com/@councilmembercharlesallen/streams AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. WITNESS TESTIMONY a. Public Witnesses Panel 1 (approximately 9:05 a.m.) 1. Tommy Wells, Former Ward 6 Councilmember 2. Mary Cheh, Former Ward 3 Councilmember 3. Chris Weiss, Executive Director, D.C. Environmental Network 1 4. Lara Levison, Energy Committee Chair, Sierra Club, District of Columbia Chapter 5. Susan Schorr, Zero Waste Committee Chair, Sierra Club, District of Columbia Chapter 6. Larry Martin, Water and Natural Places Committee Chair, Sierra Club, District of Columbia Chapter 7. Mark Rodeffer, Co-Chair, Beyond Gas DC 8. Matthew Gravatt, Public Witness 9. Matthias Paustian, Public Witness 10. Claire Mills, Chesapeake Climate Action Network, DC Campaigns Manager 11. Kahlil Kettering, Executive Director, The Nature Conservancy 12. Brendan Shane, Climate Director, Trust for Public Land 13. Cliff Majersik, Senior Advisor, Institute for Market Transformation 14. Nicole Steele, Director of Climate Policy, Amalgamated Bank Panel 2 (approximately 10:20 a.m.) 15. Jackie Wright, Member, Foundry United Methodist Church / Washington Interfaith Network 16. Richard Vilmenay, Member, Washington Interfaith Network 17. Cerise Turner, Member, Washington Interfaith Network 18. Danielle Duncan, Member, Washington Interfaith Network 19. Celeste Bryant, Member, Metropolitan African Methodist Episcopal Church / Washington Interfaith Network 20. Barbara Briggs, Member, Friends Meeting of Washington 21. Theresa Cullen, Executive Director, Alice Ferguson Foundation 22. Teresa Martin, Managing Director, Living Classrooms National Capital Region 23. Alexandra Wisbiski, Environmental Education Manager, Living Classrooms Foundation, National Capital Region 24. Sebrena Rhodes, Community Organizer, Empower DC 25. Anne deBuys, Public Witness Panel 3 (approximately 11:10 a.m.) 26. Elana Mintz, Urban Adventure Squad 27. Christy Brock, Public Witness 28. George McCullough, Environmental Science Instructor, Thurgood Marshall Academy Public Charter High School 2 29. Erwin Rose, Public Witness 30. Andrea Orozco, Faithful Advocacy Lead, Interfaith Power & Light (DC.MD.NoVa) 31. Tiffany Simmons, Vice President of Systems Change, Medici Road 32. Clyde Clark, Data Scientist, Medici Road 33. Alma Chavez, Corps Program Manager, Latin American Youth Center 34. Iris Schauerman, Director, Latin American Youth Center 35. Max Broad, Public Witness 36. Augusta Smith, Public Witness 37. Kate Bockover, Public Witness Panel 4 (approximately 11:55 a.m.) 38. Andrew Schichtel, Chief Operating Officer, Casey Trees 39. Melinda Peters, Director of Education, Casey Trees 40. Paul Schwartz, Co-Founder, Campaign for Lead Free Water 41. Chris Williams, President/CEO, Anacostia Watershed Society 42. Kendra Bierman, Director of Education and Outreach, Anacostia Watershed Society 43. Lora Nunn, Public Witness 44. Blake Lajiness, Public Witness 45. Kate Fritz, CEO, Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay 46. Maureen Mitchell, Public Witness 47. Amy Hubbard, Public Witness 48. Lorraine Docherty, Executive Director, City Wildlife Panel 5 (approximately 12:45 p.m.) 49. Makenna Osborn, Policy Attorney, Children's Law Center 50. Jamal Lewis, Board Chair, DC Sustainable Energy Utility 51. Holly Pollinger, Co-chair, Climate Reality Project Washington DC Chapter 52. Trey Sherard, Riverkeeper, Riverkeeper, Anacostia Riverkeeper, 53. Suzanne Kelly, President, Anacostia Riverkeeper 54. Linda VerNooy, DC State Coordinator, Citizens Climate Lobby DC Chapter 55. Lauren Crossed, Public Witness 56. Nicole Rentz, Director of Market Development and Policy, New Columbia Solar 57. Chris Sewell, Public Witness 3 58. Delores Bushong, Public Witness 59. Evan Raskin, National Campaign Manager, EARTHDAY.ORG 60. Scott Williamson, Public Witness 61. Jessica Ferguson, Student, T.H.R.O.W. Panel 6 (approximately 1:30 p.m.) 62. Annie Acosta, Public Witness 63. Hye Yeong Kwon, Executive Director/CEO, Center for Watershed Protection, Inc. 64. MJ Gray, Policy Volunteer, DC Appleseed Center for Law and Justice 65. Jamoni Overby, D.C. Conservation Advocate, Nature Forward 66. Maggie Crawford, Director of Education, Nature Forward 67. Vanessa Bertelli, Executive Director, Electrify DC 68. Neil Sauter, Public Witness 69. Meredith Holmgren, Public Witness 70. Eve Hamilton, Public Witness 71. Kit Brady, Public Witness 72. Jennifer Frazier, Public Witness 73. Karen Abrams, Public Witness Panel 7 (approximately 2:15 p.m.) 74. Earl Charles, Owner, Ancient Green DC 75. Wade Cassamajor, Owner, TCG Property Care 76. Will Avila, Founder/CEO, Clean Decisions, LLC 77. William Ferrell, Director of Operations, Clean Decisions, LLC 78. Nicole Whalen, Public Witness 79. John Yarchoan, Managing Partner, Magnolia Land Partners Inc. 80. Nathan Harrington, Executive Director, Ward 8 Woods Conservancy 81. Greg Cannito, Co-Founder & CEO, Rainplan 82. Elizabeth Crafford, Public Witness 83. Vondre Walston, Public Witness Panel 8 (approximately 3:00 p.m.) 84. Christian Delisle, Managing Director, PACE Equity 85. Robbie Pinkas, Public Witness 86. Abraham Soquar, Public Witness 4 87. Mark Kresowik, Public Witness 88. Marshall Duer-Balkind, Policy Director / Chair, Institute for Market Transformation / BEPS Task Force 89. Leslie Zarker, Director of Policy, National Housing Trust 90. Jessica Pitts, Public Witness 91. Ayesha Hudson, CEO, A-Peace LLC Panel 9 (approximately 3:40 p.m.) 92. Anica Landreneau, Public Witness 93. Bill Mefford, Member, Festival Center / Washington Interfaith Network 94. Katalin Peter, V.P. of Government Affairs, Apartment & Office Building Association of Metropolitan Washington 95. Joe Reilly, Public Witness 96. John Fox, Enterprise Community Development 97. Keith Galloway, Public Witness 98. Ryan Doyle, Senior Director, Nuveen Green Capital 99. Chris Earley, Public Witness 100. Andie Wyatt, National Policy Counsel, GRID Alternatives Mid-Atlantic 101. Absalom Jordan, President, Southern Hills Tenant Association 102. Anne Cauman, Ward 3 Democrats 103. Elizabeth Crafford, Public Witness Panel 10 (approximately 4:30 pm) 104. Stella Tarnay, Co-Founder and Executive Director, Capital Nature 105. Tracy Bowen, Interim Executive Director, Rock Creek Conservancy 106. Dusty Horwitt, Public Witness 107. Dennis Chestnut, Public Witness 108. Bala Silverman, Public Witness 109. Jamerson Watson, Public Witness 110. Jean Stewart, Public Witness 111. William Washburn, Public Witness 112. Luci Bair, Public Witness 113. Cleo Bowen-Wiggins, Public Witness 114. Andrea Contreras, Public Witness 115. Lauren Taylor, Public Witness 5  Panel 11 (approximately 5:20 pm) 116. Courtney Tolbert, Public Witness 117. Nigel Brake, Public Witness 118. Wade Wilson, Public Witness 119. Alden Wilson, Public Witness 120. Christopher Williams, Public Witness 121. Shockey Taylor, Public Witness 122. Lynn Coffee, Public Witness 123. Kenneth Townes, Public Witness 124. Zeke Fraser-Plant, Public Witness 125. Alex Ortiz, Public Witness 126. Evelyn Fraser, Public Witness 127. Dorothy Anne Scaley, Public Witness 128. Thomas Wright, Public Witness IV. ADJOURNMENT (6:10 pm) 6