In Surprise Move, McKee Moves to Replace 2 Members of Energy Efficiency Council
PROVIDENCE — The Senate committee vetting three of Gov. Dan McKee’s nominees for the state Energy Efficiency Council chose to hold two of them for further study on Tuesday.
Sue AnderBois, a Democrat campaigning for the office of lieutenant governor and a sitting Providence City Council member, has served on the council since 2021.
Emily Koo, state director of the Acadia Center, who had been recommended by the Energy Efficiency Council for appointment, said she was as surprised as anyone else when she heard AnderBois and De la Cruz were getting replaced.
“There’s a cost-benefit test for every portfolio that will be cheaper than the cost of supply that you would otherwise have to buy and the nature of that has become increasingly divergent and in conflict with efforts by the governor and others to arbitrarily cap or limit the nature of the program,” Koo told lawmakers. “That’s why we’ve seen the recent erosion of the ability of the Energy Efficiency Council to provide sufficient oversight and to even meaningfully influence the outcomes of the energy efficiency programs.”
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