Watch live: Maui electric officials testify before House Energy Committee after deadly wildfires
The Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce is slated to hold a hearing Thursday morning about the wildfires in Maui, Hawaii, titled “Investigating the Role of Electric Infrastructure in the Catastrophic Maui Fire.”
Witnesses set to testify include: Shelee Kimura, President & CEO of Hawaiian Electric; Leodoloff R. Asuncion, Jr., Chairman of Hawaii Public Utilities Commission; and Mark Glick, Chief Energy Officer, Hawai’i State Energy Office.
Committee members are expected to ask the officials about how the electrical grid may have played a role in the wildfires, as AP reported.
The event is scheduled for 10 a.m. EDT.
Watch the live video above.
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