Clean Energy
Fresh Energy statement on the Minnesota Senate’s firing of PUC chair
For Immediate Release: January 30, 2012
ST.PAUL – Michael Noble, executive director of Fresh Energy, issued the following statement on the Minnesota Senate’s decision to deny confirmation of Ellen Anderson as PUC chair:
“Fresh Energy deplores the decision by the Minnesota Senate majority to deny confirmation to former state senator Ellen Anderson as chair of the Public Utilities Commission. Chair Anderson has managed the commission’s business with professionalism and efficiency, and her long tenure on key legislative committees offers the state an unusually deep understanding of energy and consumer issues. As a key legislative architect of the laws at the foundation of Minnesota’s forward-looking energy policy platform, Chair Anderson was well-suited to administer those laws in an impartial and statesmanlike way, keeping Minnesota’s business climate competitive and consumer energy bills affordable, while moving our state systematically forward to an energy-efficient, low carbon, clean energy future, as our state laws require.”
Michael Noble is available for comment or questions at 612-963-1268 or by e-mail at noble@fresh-energy.org.