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. 2000 4 COUNCILMEMBER CHARLES ALLEN, CHAIRPERSON COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION & THE ENVIRONMENT ANNOUNCES A PUBLIC HEARING ON: B26-0105, the “Improving Tenant Access to Water Bills Amendment Act of 2025” B26-0124, the “Utility Disconnection Protection Act of 2025” B26-0243, the “Automatic Enrollment for Utility Affordability Programs Act of 2025” B26-0443, the “DC Water Billing and Disconnection Modernization Amendment Act of 2025” B26-0595, the “Transparent Rates and Utility Expenses Amendment Act of 2026” and B26-0602, “Guiding Renewable Interconnection and Distribution (GRID) Amendment Act of 2026” Thursday, March 26, 2026, 10:00 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. Hybrid Hearing in Room 412 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 1  AGENDA AND WITNESS LIST I. CALL TO ORDER II. OPENING REMARKS III. WITNESS TESTIMONY a. Public Witnesses Panel 1 (approx. 10:05 a.m.) 1. Trupti Patel, Commissioner, ANC 2A03 2. Abel Amene, Commissioner, ANC 4D02 3. Salim Adofo, Commissioner, ANC 8C07 4. Chris Weiss, Executive Director, DC Environmental Network 5. Claire Mills, DC Campaigns Manager, CCAN Action Fund 6. Harrison Pyros, Public Witness 7. Alex R., Member, Pan African Community Action 8. Bethany Costello, Organizer, We Power DC Panel 2 (approx. 10:55 a.m.) 9. Megan Browder, Legal Director of the Systemic Advocacy and Law Reform Program, Legal Aid DC 10. Patrick Cothern, Policy Attorney, Children’s Law Center 11. Dean Hunter, CEO, Small Multifamily Owners Association 12. Eric Jones, Vice President of Government Affairs, DC – Commercial, Apartment and Office Building Association 13. Maya Brennan, Chief Housing Officer, The Coalition 14. Mason Grow, Staff Attorney, Tenant Justice Program, Rising for Justice Panel 3 (approx. 11:45 a.m.) 15. Mark Rodeffer, Public Witness 16. Claire August, Volunteer, Sierra Club DC Chapter 17. Barbara Briggs, Executive Committee Member, Sierra Club DC Chapter 18. Jean Stewart, Public Witness 19. Matthais Paustian, Public Witness 20. Pastor Michael Campbell, Public Witness 21. Nicole Rentz, Director of Market Development and Policy, New Columbia Solar 2  Panel 4 (approx. 12:15 p.m.) 22. Anne deBuys, Public Witness 23. Jesse Thompkins, Public Witness 24. Keenan Rusk, Public Witness 25. Michael Dayley, Director of Policy and Regulatory Affairs, Carbon Solutions Group 26. Suriya Jayanti, Public Witness 27. Geoffrey W Barron, Public Witness Panel 5 (approx. 12:45 p.m.) 28. Paul Ramshaw, Public Witness 29. Brett Matulis, Public Witness 30. Gail A Lelyveld, Public Witness 31. Cody Austin, Public Witness 32. Ava Morgan, Public Witness 33. Cosa Bullock, Public Witness Panel 6 (approx. 1:15 p.m.) 34. Daniel Clemmer, Public Witness 35. David Dickinson, Public Witness 36. Elizabeth Akinwande, Public Witness 37. George Hubbard, Public Witness 38. Karen Gladding, Public Witness 39. Katie Ries, Public Witness 40. Paul Ramshaw, Public Witness 41. Selah Goodson Bell, Solar United Neighbors Action b. Government Witnesses (approx. 2:00 p.m.) Panel 1 1. Kirsten B. Williams, EVP & Chief Administrative Officer, DC Water and Sewer Authority Panel 2 2. Beth Mellen, Senior Counsel for Housing Protection and Affordability, Office of the Attorney General 3. Emily Barth, Director, Consumer and Tenant Response, Office of the Attorney General Panel 3 3  4. Richard Jackson, Director, Department of Energy and Environment 5. Emile C. Thompson, Chairman, Public Service Commission Panel 4 6. Karen Sistrunk, Deputy People's Counsel, Office of People’s Counsel 7. Laurence Daniels, Director of Litigation, Office of People’s Counsel 8. Adam Carlesco, Assistant People's Counsel, Office of People’s Counsel 9. Knia Tanner, Assistant People's Counsel, Office of People’s Counsel IV. ADJOURNMENT 4