2025 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Environmental Conservation/Energy
January 28, 2025
9:30 AM
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany

Transcript Pending
Testimony
Sean Mahar
Interim Commissioner
Department of Environmental Conservation

Doreen Harris
President & CEO
NYSERDA

Rory Christian
Chair
New York State Public Service Commission

Justin Driscoll
President and CEO
New York Power Authority

Richard Schrader
Sr. Director Government Affairs
Natural Resource Defense Council

Katherine Nadeau
Dep Exec. Director, Policy & Programs
Environmental Advocates NY

Patrick McClellan
Policy Director
New York League of Conservation Voters

Judith Enck
President
Beyond Plastics

Liz Moran
New York Policy Advocate
Earthjustice

Conor Bambrick
Senior Climate Advisor
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance

Annie Carforo
Climate Justice Campaign Manager
WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Michael Hernandez
New York Policy Director
Rewiring America

Noah Ginsburg
Executive Director
NY Solar Energy Industries Association

Anshul Gupta
Policy & Research Director
New Yorkers for Clean Power

Laurie Wheelock
Executive Director
Public Utility Law Project

Adrienne Esposito
Executive Director
Citizens Campaign for the Environment

Jeremy Cherson
Associate Director of Gov’t Affairs
Riverkeeper

Andrew Zepp
President
Finger Lakes Land Trust

David Ansel
Vice President of Water Protection
Save the Sound

Helen Mancini
Core Organizer
Fridays For Future NYC

Matthew Krug
EnCon Police Officers Director
Police Benevolent Association of NYS

Jessica Ottney Mahar
NY Policy and Strategy Director
The Nature Conservancy

Bobbi Wilding
Executive Director
Clean+Healthy

Claudia Braymer
Executive Director
Protect the Adirondacks

Kathy Moser
Chief Conservation and Policy Officer
Open Space Institute

Cathy Pedler
Advocacy Director
Adirondack Mountain Club

Kevin Chlad
Deputy Director
Adirondack Council

Jade Eddy
Director
Empire State Redemption Association

Peter J Baker
Entrepreneur & Operator
Can & Bottle Return

Written Testimony
Annie Carforo
Climate Justice Campaigns Manager
WE ACT for Environmental Justice

Carli Fraccarolli
Government Relations Manager
Scenic Hudson

Adirondack Wild: Friends of the Forest Preserve

Bob Cohen, Esq.
Policy and Research Director
Citizen Action of New York

Food & Water Watch

Green Education and Legal Fund

Julianne Vogt
Owner
Buffalo's Best Bottles

Kendall Sustainable Infrastructure, LLC

Kathy Moser
Chief Conservation and Policy Officer
Open Space Institute

Scott Brandi
President
Ski, New York

Ryan Castalia
Executive Director
Sure We Can

Stacy Bradt
Owner/Operator
Duanesburg Redemption Bottle & Can Return Inc.

Jamie Brown
Senior Program Manager
The Land Trust Alliance