Enacted 06/16/14
A N A C T
Introduced By: Senators Miller, and Sosnowski
Date Introduced: March 05, 2014
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 42-140.1-4 of the General Laws in Chapter 42-140.1 entitled "The Rhode Island Energy Efficiency and Resource Management Council" is hereby amended to read as follows:
42-140.1-4. Composition and appointment. -- (a) The
council shall consist of eleven (11) thirteen (13) members appointed by the governor
with the advice and consent of the senate; seven (7)
nine (9) members shall be voting numbers members,
and the governor shall give due consideration to appointing persons with
knowledge of: (1) energy regulation and law; (2) large commercial/industrial
users, (3) small commercial/industrial users; (4) residential users; (5) low
income users; (6) environmental issues pertaining to energy; (7) energy design
and codes; and (8) energy efficiency education and employment tracking; and
(9) municipal energy users. four
Four (4) members shall be ex-officio,
non-voting members, representing an electric distribution entity, a gas
distribution entity, fuel oil or heating fuel industry, and the commissioner of
the office of energy resources. From the seven (7)
nine (9) voting members, the governor
shall appoint one person to be chairperson of the council and one person to be
vice chairperson of the council; the commissioner of the office of energy
resources shall be the executive secretary and executive director of the
council.
(b) With the exception of the commissioner of the office of energy resources; of the initial appointments; three (3) members shall be appointed for a term of three (3) years, three (3) members shall be appointed for a term of four (4) years, and four (4) members shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years; thereafter members of the council shall be appointed for a term of five (5) years and may be reappointed.
(c) A simple majority of the total number of voting members shall constitute a quorum.
(d) A vacancy other than by expiration shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment but only for the unexpired portion of the term. The appointing authority shall have the power to remove its appointee for just cause.
(e) The members of the council shall not be compensated for their service but shall be reimbursed for their actual expenses necessarily incurred in the performance of their duties. The provisions of this subdivision shall not apply to the executive secretary/executive director.
SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage.
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