JOINT HEARING
Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee
AND Senate Environmental Resources and Energy Committee
Wednesday, May 12, 2021 | 9:00 a.m.
Senate Chamber (and Virtual Participation)
9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.
Opening Remarks
Senator Vogel, Majority Chair, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Senator Yaw, Majority Chair, Environmental Resources & Energy
Senator Schwank, Minority Chair, Agriculture & Rural Affairs
Senator Comitta, Minority Chair, Environmental Resources & Energy
9:05 a.m. – 9:25 a.m.
Thomas B. Murphy, Director | Testimony
Penn State Marcellus Center for Outreach and Research
Penn State Cooperative Extension
9:25 a.m. – 9:55 a.m.
David Althoff, Jr., Director | Testimony
Energy Programs Office
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Doug Wolfgang, Director
Bureau of Farmland Preservation
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
Cheryl Cook, Deputy Secretary
Market Development
Pennsylvania Department of Agriculture
9:55 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.
Darrin Youker, Director | Testimony
State Government Affairs
Pennsylvania Farm Bureau
10:15 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
Scott Elias, Senior Manager | Testimony
Mid-Atlantic State Affairs
Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA)
Craig Sundstrom, Director | Testimony
Government and Regulatory Affairs
RWE Renewables Americas, LLC
10:40 a.m. -10:45 a.m.
Closing Remarks/Adjournment
Additional Testimony:
Tom Newhart of Mt. Joy | Testimony
Jim Welty, Marcellus Shale Coalition | Testimony