The hearing is scheduled for Wednesday (September 3 at 10:00 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building) and continuing on Thursday (September 4 at 9:30 a.m. in room 2123 of the Rayburn House Office Building).

The following witnesses are scheduled to testify on Wednesday, September 3:

Panel I
The Honorable Spencer Abraham, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, DC

Panel II
The Honorable George Pataki, Governor, State of New York, Albany, NY
The Honorable Jennifer Granholm, Governor, State of Michigan, Lansing, MI
The Honorable Bob Taft, Governor, State of Ohio, Columbus, OH

Panel III
The Honorable Patrick Wood, Chairman, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), Washington, DC
Michehl Gent, President, North American Electric Reliability Council (NERC), Princeton, NJ
Brantley Eldridge, Executive Manager, East Central Area Reliability Council, Canton, OH
Charles Durkin, Jr., Chairman, Northeast Power Coordinating Council, New York, NY
Peter Lark, Chairman, Michigan Public Service Commission, Lansing, MI
Alan Schriber, Chairman, Ohio Public Utilities Commission, Columbus, OH
William Flynn, Chairman, New York State Public Service Commission, Albany, NY
The following witnesses are scheduled to testify on Thursday, September 4:

Panel I

H. Peter Burg, Chairman and CEO, FirstEnergy Corp., Akron, OH
Eugene McGrath, Chairman, President and CEO, Consolidated Edison Company of New York, Inc., New York, NY
Nick Winser, Group Director Transmission, President and CEO, National Grid USA, Westborough, MA
Richard Kessel, Chairman and CEO, Long Island Power Authority, Uniondale, NY
E. Linn Draper, Chairman, President and CEO, American Electric Power, Columbus, OH
Joseph Welch, CEO, International Transmission Company, Ann Arbor, MI
Elizabeth Moler, Executive Vice President for Government, Environmental Affairs and Public Policy, Exelon Corporation, Chicago, IL

Panel II

James Torgerson, President and CEO, Midwest ISO, Indianapolis, IN
Phil Harris, President, PJM Interconnection, Inc., Washington, DC
William Museler, President and CEO, New York ISO, Schenectady, NY
David Goulding, CEO, The Independent Market Operator of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Gordon van Welie, CEO, ISO New England, Holyoke, MA

Panel III

David Owens, Executive Vice President, Edison Electric Institute, Washington, DC
Larry Makovich, Senior Director, Americas Research, Cambridge Energy Research Associates, Cambridge, MA
Kurt Yeager, President and CEO, Electric Power Research Institute, Palo Alto, CA
Sonny Popowsky, Consumer Advocate of Pennyslvania, Harrisburg, PA
Steve Fleishman, First Vice President, Merrill Lynch, New York, NY