Monday, October 20, 2014 RESERVED

REVISED II
Monday,
October 20, 2014
RESERVED FOR CONSTITUENT MEETINGS AND OFFICE WORK
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Tuesday,
October 21, 2014
RESERVED FOR CONSTITUENT MEETINGS AND OFFICE WORK
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Wednesday,
October 22, 2014
RESERVED FOR CONSTITUENT MEETINGS AND OFFICE WORK
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Thursday,
October 23, 2014
RESERVED FOR CONSTITUENT MEETINGS AND OFFICE WORK
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REVISED II
Friday,
October 24, 2014
Time:
9:45 A.M. -----8:00 P.M.
Committee:
Energy and Environmental Protection
Chairperson: Senator Craig W. Barshinger
Vice-Chairperson: Clarence Payne, III
Location:
Legislative Annex Conference Room
Cruz Bay St. John, Virgin Islands
Agenda
The Committee on Energy and Environmental Protection has scheduled a meeting to receive
testimony in two parts on both energy and environmental protection topics:
Part I-ENERGY
To take action on the following Bills and to hold a panel discussion with relevant Virgin Islands
Government agencies and experts on the modernization of the Virgin Islands’ Water and Power
Authority electric grid:
1. Bill No. 30-0426 – An Act amending Virgin Islands Code Title 12, Chapter 23, Title 29,
Chapter 5, Section 294 relating to renewable energy and repealing title 12, Sections 1123
(Sponsored by Senator Craig W. Barshinger)
2. Bill No. 30-0061 – An Act authorizing the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority to conduct a
cost and feasibility study for the privatization of its facilities, production and services.
(Sponsored by Senator Sammuel Sanes)
3. Bill No. 30-0192 – An Act amending Title 12 Virgin Islands Code, Chapter 23, to remove net
metering generating capacity limitations and to establish a net metering maintenance fee.
(Sponsored by Senator Sammuel Sanes)
4. Bill No. 30-0205 – An Act amending Title 33 Subtitle 3, Chapter 111, Section 3039a of the Virgin
Islands Code by permitting funds from the Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority Generating
and Infrastructure Fund to be utilized for funding new energy and power generating units and/or
heat recovery steam generators with the ability to convert to liquefied propane gas in addition to
natural gas, and for assisting with the issuance of bond for purchase of such equipment.
(Sponsored by Senator Nereida “Nellie” Rivera-O’Reilly)
5. Bill No. 30-0267 – An Act amending Title 30, Chapter 5, Subchapter II, Section 105 of the Virgin
Islands Code, to reduce the amount that WAPA customers appealing determination of a billing dispute
are required to deposit with the PSC to be held in escrow pending resolution of the dispute, and to more
clearly delineate other limitations of WAPA’s power.
(Sponsored by Senator Sammuel Sanes)
6. A panel discussion on the modernization of the Virgin Islands’ Water and Power Authority electric grid.
Invited Testifiers:
Mr. Hugo V. Hodge, Jr.
Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer
Virgin Islands Water & Power Authority
Mr. Karl Knight
Director
Virgin Islands Energy Office
Mr. Craig Lewis
Executive Director
Clean Coalition
Mr. Rusty Wood
Vice-President
West Hills Construction, Inc.
Mr. Mohammad Shahidehpour, Ph.D
Director
Illinois Institute of Technology
Robert Galvin Center for Electricity Initiative
Mr. Phil Fisher
President
New Generation Power USVI
Part II-ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
To take testimony from relevant Virgin Islands Government agencies and constituents on the following Bill
and community issue:
7. Bill No. 30-0387 – An Act to prohibit retailers from providing customers with plastic bags to
carry items purchased by the customers.
(Sponsored by Senator Nereida “Nellie” Rivera-O’Reilly)
Invited Testifiers:
Mr. Jason Budson
President
Environmental Association of
St. Thomas & Virgin Islands
Conservation Society
Ms. Lisa Hamilton
President
USVI Hotel & Tourism Association
Mr. Sebastiano Paiewonsky-Cassinelli
President
St. Thomas/St. John Chamber of Commerce
Mr. David Minner, Ph.D.
Earth Outreach Coordinator
Gifft Hill School
8. Concerns relating to the Department of Planning and Natural Resources’ jurisdiction on St. John.
Invited Testifiers:
Mr. Jean-Pierre Oriol
Acting Commissioner
Department of Planning
& Natural Resources
Mr. Rick Barksdale
Principal
Summers End Group
Erva A. Denham
Chair
Planning and Environmental Quality Committee
League of Women Voters of the Virgin Islands
Ms. Sharon Coldren
President
Coral Bay Community Council
David Silverman
Resident
Coral Bay, St. John
Mr. Phillip Pickering
Community Activist
Cruz Bay, St. John
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Monday,
October 27, 2014
Time:
10:00 A.M.
Committee:
Homeland Security, Justice and Public Safety
Chairperson: Sen. Kenneth L. Gittens
Vice-Chairperson: Sen. Sammuel Sanes
Location:
Earl B .Ottley Legislative Hall
St. Thomas, Virgin Islands
Agenda
The Committee on Homeland Security, Justice and Public Safety has scheduled a meeting to
receive testimony on the following Bills:
1. Bill No. 30-0288 – An Act amending title 14, Chapter 37, of the Virgin Islands Code by adding a
new section 743 criminalizing manufacturing or possessing a false driver’s license or
identification card
(Sponsored by Senator Sammuel Sanes)
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Rodney F. Querrard, Sr.
Commissioner
Virgin Islands Police Department
Honorable Vincent F. Frazer
Mr. Jerris Browne
Director
Bureau of Motor Vehicles
Attorney General
Department of Justice
2. Bill No. 30-0494 – An Act amending Title 34 adding Chapter 14a To enacts “The Missing Minors
and Dependant Adult Act”
(Sponsored by Senator Dine T. Capehart)
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Vincent F. Frazer
Attorney General
Department of Justice
Honorable Christopher E. Finch
Commissioner
Department of Human Services
Honorable Rodney F. Querrard, Sr.
Commissioner
Virgin Islands Police Department
Ms. Edita Carty
Chairperson
V.I. Association for Independent Living
Ms. Denyce Singletion
State Director
AARP-VI (American Association of Retired Persons –Virgin Islands)
3. Bill No. 30-0459 - An Act amending Title 23 Virgin Islands Code, Chapter 5, Section 470
pertaining to the registry of firearms
(Sponsored by Senator Tregenza A. Roach)
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Vincent F. Frazer
Attorney General
Department of Justice
Mr. Carlton Dowe
Executive Director
Virgin Islands Port Authority
Honorable Rodney F. Querrard, Sr.
Commissioner
Virgin Islands Police Department
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Tuesday,
October 28, 2014
Time:
5:00.P.M-------8:30 P.M.
Committee:
Culture, Historic Preservation, Youth and Recreation
Chairperson: Sen. Myron D. Jackson
Vice Chairperson: Sen. Shawn-Michael Malone
Location:
Legislative Annex Conference Room
Cruz Bay St. John, Virgin Islands
Agenda Pending
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Wednesday,
October 29, 2014
RESERVED FOR CONSTITUENT MEETINGS AND OFFICE WORK
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Thursday,
October 30, 2014
Time:
10:00 A.M.
Committee:
Committee on Government Services & Housing
Chairperson: Sen. Diane Capehart
Vice-Chairperson: Sen. Craig W. Barshinger
Location:
Frits E. Lawaetz Legislative Conference Room
St. Croix, Virgin Islands
Agenda
The Committee on Government Services & Housing has scheduled a meeting on the
following:
10:00 A.M.
Bill No. 30-0457 - An Act to authorize the Government of the Virgin Islands through the Virgin
Islands Housing Authority to sell the homes at Estate Williams Delight on the island of St. Croix by
converting all rent paid into credit towards mortgage payments
(Sponsored by Senator Alicia “Chucky” Hansen)
Invited Testifier:
Mr. Robert Graham
Executive Director
Virgin Islands Housing Authority
1:00 P.M.
Bill No. 30-0438 - An Act amending Title 31 Virgin Islands Code, Chapter 23, Section 236a
making the Preferred Bidders Act applicable to all government entities and providing for alternative
methods of surety for performance bonds for bidders under the Act
(Sponsored by Senator Dine T. Capehart)
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Lynn Millin- Maduro
Commissioner
Department of Property and Procurement
Mr. Carlos Zenon
President
Zenon Construction
3:30 P.M.
Bill No. 30-0419 - An Act amending Title 27 Virgin Islands Code, Chapter 7, relating to various
provisions of the Trades and Crafts Code
(Sponsored by Senator Sammuel Sanes)
Invited Testifiers:
Honorable Wayne L. Biggs, Jr
Commissioner
Department of Licensing and Consumer
Affairs
Mr. Neil Ruan
Owner
NR Electric
Mr. Andrew Bandola
Vice-President
viNGN
Mr. Peter Sykes
Contractor
viNGN
Mr. Luis Torres
Director
Netwave Unlimited Services, LLC
Ms. Ana Foster
CEO
Netwave Unlimited Services, LLC
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Friday,
October 31, 2014
RESERVED FOR CONSTITUENT MEETINGS AND OFFICE WORK