2026 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Environmental Conservation/Energy
January 28, 2026
9:30AM
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany

Transcript Pending
Testimony
Amanda Lefton
Commissioner
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation

Doreen Harris     (Testimony Pending)
President & CEO
NYSERDA

Rory Christian
Chair
New York State Public Service Commission

Justin Driscoll
Acting President and CEO
New York Power Authority

Adrienne Esposito
Executive Director
Citizens Campaign for the Environment

Patrick McClellan
Policy Director
New York League of Conservation Voters

Kate Donovan
Northeast Director for Environmental Health
Natural Resources Defense Council

Bobbi Wilding
Executive Director
Clean+Healthy

Elizabeth Moran
New York Policy Advocate
Earthjustice

Annemarie Gray
Executive Director
Open New York

Katherine Nadeau
Deputy Executive Director, Policy & Programs
Environmental Advocates NY

Alexis Goldsmith
National Organizing Director
Beyond Plastics

Avrielle Miller
Policy Director
NY Renews

Allison Considine
New York Director
Building Decarbonization Coalition

Michael Hernandez
New York Policy Director
Rewiring America

Joshua Berman
Campaigns Manager
Regional Plan Association

William Acker
Executive Director
New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium (NY-BEST)

Laurie Wheelock
Executive Director and Counsel
The Public Utility Law Project

Jonathen Cohen
Policy Director
New York Solar Energy Industries Association

Anshul Gupta
Policy & Research Director
New Yorkers for Clean Power

Matthew Krug
Director
Conservation Officers PBA

Conor Bambrick
Senior Climate Advisor
New York City Environmental Justice Alliance

Dr. Carolyn Price
Executive Director
Upstate New York Towns Association

Andrew Williams
Director of Government Relations
Adirondack Council

Cathy Pedler
Director of Advocacy
Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK)

Maureen Cunningham
Executive Director
Paul Smith’s College Adirondack Watershed Institute

Claudia Braymer
Executive Director
Protect the Adirondacks! Inc.

Eileen Larrabee
Executive Vice President
Open Space Institute

Ryan Castalia
Executive Director
Sure We Can

Anndrea Sprague
Manager
Allegany Beverage and Redemption Center

Peter J. Baker
Partner, Executive VP
Creek End Sustainability Solutions, LLC

Miguel Rosero
Member
Alliance of Independent Recyclers of NYC

Jade Eddy
Director
Empire State Redemption Association

David Ansel
VP of the Center for Water Protection
Save the Sound

Kelly Martin
Vice President
New York State Wildlife Rehabilitation Council

Brian Shapiro
New York State Director
Humane World for Animals

Written Testimony
Albany Unitarian Universalist Green Sanctuary Team

Building Performance Contractors Association

Finger Lakes - Lake Ontario Watershed Protection Alliance

New York Association of Conservation Districts

New York Section of the American Water Works Association

Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter

Surfrider Foundation

The Food Pantries

Zero Waste Capital District