wellinghoff. you know, i was the author in 1992 of the wholesale transmission access provisions in the energy policy act that for the first time gave the ferc the ability to force utilities to stop blocking utilities for nondiscriminatory access to wholesale transmission lines so there could be more competition in the area. the ferc been built upon the wall that i created and issued generic order 888 on transmission access which is a historic order and that is based upon my 1992 law so i'm very sensitive to this issue but again i don't think we should taylor something that goes beyond what is needed, and i say this to you, chairman wellinghoff, part of the problem we have in massachusetts and new england as well is with, and it's not you, it's your predecessor of ferc that has just left office, but pre-empting the state and local governments from granting ferc sliding authority on wholesale electric transmission lines. that issue is illuminated by the fact ferc has seemed to be completely unrespon

wellinghoff, if i may, you heard mr. hibbard and others talk about what the impact would be of the waxman-markey bill on the marketplace. the signal will be sent to move away from carbon-producing electrical generation. there'll be a national renewable electricity standard as a result encompassing several states and he said it will force states because of these national goals to reach accommodation on these new lines. and that the federal government is actually going to be less needed in the future. perhaps with the exception of the federal lands issue. to resolve these issues. what is your response to that in terms of the -- because we are trying to create a market-based response and i'll just give you an analogy and perhaps -- or an analogous situation and perhaps you can reflect upon it. an analogous situation and perhaps you can reflect upon it. after we passed the 1996

wellinghoff. i would suggest that hopefully you come away with this, number one, we're not as far apart as we initially seemed to be. we all have the same goals, to reduce carbon and to ultimately develop as much renewables as possible to do that, but i think we need to remember that there are non-market barriers that we need to look at to how to get that development done and as part of the non-market barriers we do need to put a construct together to allow states to initiate the process of planning, siding and cost allocation to deliver renewables. we also have to have the back pressure of the federal government standing there, being able to step in as noes let it happen and get it done. >> thank you very much. and in the spirit of what mr. wellinghoff said, we may not be as far apart as the initial statement indicated. let's work -- time is of the essence and all of these conversations now continued outside of this hearing room over the next week or so will be helpful to us. with the thanks of t

wellinghoff. in the spirit with mr. wellinghoff said we may not be as far apart as the statements indicated. let's work towards that goal. time is of the essence so all of these conversations now continue outside of this room over the next week or so would be helpful. thanks to the committee this panel is dismissed and we will ask the next panel to come up to the table. [inaudible conversations] [inaudible conversations] >> thank you very much please sit down and if someone could distribute these cards with the name of the witnesses and do so in a way that reflects where they will be sitting on the panel would very much appreciate it and then they will know where they should sit. sit wherever you want and then we will recognize you. [inaudible conversations] >> sit wherever you want and i will recognize you in the order of was going to recognize regardless of your seats. we have enough chairs for each of you and if you can find the open one it will be very helpful to us. [inaudible conversations] >> thank you very much

wellinghoff said, we may not be as far apart as the initial statements indicated. let's work towards that goal. time is of the essence. so all of these conversations continued outside this hearing room over the next week or so. thanks to the committee, we will ask the next panel to come up to the table. >> coming up on c-span 3, regulating the insurance industry particularly in the financial sector. and efforts to craft regulations in preventing events such as the collapse of insurance company aig. at 10:00 a.m. eastern on c-span 3. now a look at efforts to prevent polio around the world and the lessons that can be applied to developing other vaccines. the who hosts this event, it is 40 minutes. >> thank you very much, ladies and gentlemen, thank you for the invitation and the global health council, you and your company for having made this opportunity available to me. i am especially grateful that you didn't ask me to talk about polio eradication and how we are going to get it finished which is what most people ask me. they ask me to look backwards and the lessons

hibbard, commissioner azar and chairman wellinghoff is mr. hibert has identified this issue that he does not want to see offshore wind intruded upon by coal coming in from ohio or somewhere else, and i believe if we do have this backstop authority we can and should build something in that would make sure that we preserve our goal of enhancing low carbon base fuels as part of what you might think of as bonus of backstop federal authority. it is there a way to do that and if you could give us your thoughts on the best way to do that. i would start with mr. hibbard, if we were to adopt the supporting what would you encourage us to do to prevent the scenario that you fear? >> let me start by saying i think the legislation as it stands contains that backstop authority. by setting a cap on carbon in setting a floor on a renewable resource development you are providing competitive markets, the signal they need to spur the development. the question you are opposing is what a that is not enough? with that some point we lukken we see for whatever reaso

. >> tomorrow morning, a discussion of energy policy, we'll hear from jon wellinghoff, live coverage at 9:00 eastern on c-span2. later, a conversation on iran's nuclear program and the political situation in tehran. live coverage from the heritage foundation begins at 10:00 eastern, also on c-span2. >> thomas dupri, a former bush administration justice department member talks about judge sotomayor's nomination for the supreme court. he spoke for about 40 minutes. >> hello and welcome. my name is dan mornoff, president of the dallas chapter of the federalist society. i'm glad you've been able to join us for what i think and certainly hope you'll agree is a timely and well, i hope you agree interesting event. the genesis for this event was may 1 announcement by justice souter, or as i like to call him, the jus tits who should have been edith jones, that he's resigning if the supreme court. he's been serving since 1990. that makes him the fourth longest serving member of the current court, which helps to drive home that in this particular job, the expression lifetime tenure is often lit

jon wellinghoff was supposed to talk to reporters this hour and he's taken ill and cancelled the event. we'll feature the head of the u.s. southern command. admiral timothy keating discussnary's nuclear test and missile launches and the threats they may pose to the asian pacific region from the atlantic council of the united states, this is about an hour. >> this is terrific. more stars and bars in this room than we usually have. ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the atlantic council i'm fred kemp president and ceo and welcome to this evening's commander series with the commander of the united states pacific command admiral timothy keating. i know many of you have attended our commander series on a regular basis. let me just say a couple of words about what this series has been about. we have created with this and i must say it's one of the most popular things we have introduced a public platform for senior u.s. and global leaders to share their views with the washington audience. the programs become an authoritative opportunity for military leaders to shape the security debate in washi