5265662 Public Roundtable on Review of Public Utilities, Cable Television, and Motion Picture Development

Council of the District of Columbia

Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs

Notice of Public Roundtable

 

John A. Wilson Building   1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Suite 119  Washington, DC 20004                                          

 

Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr., Chairperson

Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs

Announces a Public Roundtable

 

Review of Public Utilities, Cable Television, and Motion Picture Development

 

Thursday, January 29, 2015, 9:00 a.m.

John A. Wilson Building, Room 500

1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.

Washington, DC 20004

 

Councilmember Vincent B. Orange, Sr. announces the scheduling of a public roundtable by the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs to review public utilities, cable television, and motion picture television development. The public roundtable is scheduled for Thursday, January 29, 2015 at 9:00 a.m. in Room 500 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, DC 20004. 

 

The purpose of the public roundtable is to review the new jurisdiction of the Committee, as well as review the delivery of services by public utilities to the residents of the District of Columbia, including reliability, undergrounding of power lines, the Pepco/Exelon merger, and the implementation of the Accelerated Pipe Replacement Plan.  Furthermore, the Committee intends to review the working relationship between the Office of Cable Television, the Public Access Corporation, and the Office of Motion Picture and Television Development to attract cable, motion pictures, television programs, and music productions to the District of Columbia.

 

Individuals and representatives of organizations who wish to testify at the public roundtable are asked to contact Ms. Faye Caldwell, Special Assistant to the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, at [phone], or via e-mail at [e-mail] and furnish their names, addresses, telephone numbers, and organizational affiliation, if any, by the close of business Tuesday, January 27, 2015. Each witness is requested to bring 20 copies of his/her written testimony. Representatives of organizations and government agencies will be limited to 5 minutes in order to permit each witness an opportunity to be heard. Individual witnesses will be limited to 3 minutes.

 

If you are unable to testify at the hearing, written statements are encouraged and will be made a part of the official record.  The official record will remain open until close of business Thursday, February 12, 2015.  Copies of written statements should be submitted to the Committee on Business, Consumer, and Regulatory Affairs, Council of the District of Columbia, Suite 119 of the John A. Wilson Building, 1350 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20004.