REDMOND, Ore. – Central Electric Cooperative President and CEO Dave Markham is scheduled to testify before the Committee on Energy and Commerce’s Subcommittee on Energy and Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change Tuesday, January 28, in Washington D.C. Markham will be among a panel of utility executives and forest management specialists speaking.
The hearing, entitled, “Out of Control: The Impact of Wildfires on Our Power Sector and the Environment,” will be held in the John D. Dingell Room, 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building.
The committee, beginning at 7:00 a.m., PDT, will begin live streaming at https://energycommerce.house.
Markham will highlight the proactive efforts Central Electric is taking to address wildfire risk, including upgrading wood poles with steel poles in heavily-forested areas and speak to the challenges of getting timely authorization to keep rights-of-ways (ROWs) cleared and maintained.
Markham will also share the approach CEC is taking in collaborating with land management agencies to implement the principles of the National Cohesive Wildland Fire Management Strategy.
