HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
COMMITTEE ON ENERGY
REP. JOE BELLINO
CHAIR
COMMITTEE MEETING MINUTES
Wednesday, February 16, 2022
9:00 AM
Room 519, House Office Building
The House Committee on Energy was called to order by Chair Bellino.
The Chair requested attendance be called:
Present: Reps. Bellino, Markkanen, Hoitenga, Reilly, Berman, Paquette, Beeler, Martin,
Outman, Roth, Manoogian, Sneller, Cherry, Haadsma, Morse, Puri, Scott.
Absent: None.
Excused: None.
Representatives Markkanen, Berman and Puri joined the committee remotely.
Representative Sneller moved to adopt the meeting minutes from January 26, 2022. There
being no objection, the motion prevailed by unanimous consent.
Chairman Bellino laid before the committee a presentation on energy storage. Laura
Sherman, President, Michigan Energy Innovation Business Council; Mike Alpogianis,
Battery Storage Engineer Manager, Invenergy; Nina Peluso, Policy Advisor, Form Energy;
and Julian Boggs, Manager, Regulatory Affairs, Key Capture Energy, gave a presentation to
the committee. Questions and discussion followed.
Jamie O'Brien, representing Advanced Energy Storage, LLC., addressed questions from the
committee.
There being no further business before the committee, Chair Bellino adjourned the meeting at
9:58 AM.
Representative Joe Bellino, Chair
Melissa Sweet
Committee Clerk
msweet@house.mi.gov