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Energy Resources Council

The Energy Resources Council is charged with facilitating more effective interagency coordination of the state’s energy issues.
Specifically, the council:

  1. Recommends coordinated state policy regarding major programs or proposals that affect energy use in the State and that involve the activities of more than one state agency;
  2. Supports the full implementation of an integrated program to provide a substantially improved energy resources information base for planning purposes;
  3. Provides direction to the State's energy planning and regulatory programs and encourage coordination of these efforts through review and comment on agency program plans, specific projects and legislative proposals that involve or affect more than one agency;
  4. Periodically evaluates, in consultation with affected interests, the State's regulatory systems as they affect the generation, transmission, delivery or use of energy, and recommend appropriate action, as needed, to improve energy planning and coordination;
  5. Studies specific energy issues and problems of state-level significance in order to develop sound, coordinated policies; and
  6. Seeks cooperation from federal agencies with jurisdiction over energy matters to ensure that their programs and projects serve the best interests of the State.
Link to Statutory Authority .