Energy and Technology Committee, Vermont House of Representatives
The Energy and Technology Committee is a standing committee of the Vermont House of Representatives.
Per the House Rules, committees of the Vermont House of Representatives are assigned by the Speaker of the House unless otherwise specified by the Vermont Constitution or other state statutes. Committees are assigned at the start of each regular session. The first and secondly named members of each committee are the chair and the vice-chair, respectively. Each committee appoints a clerk from its members at the first meeting. The chair of each committee is responsible for calling meetings, and the clerk keeps a record of committee activity, including bills considered and members' votes, to be delivered to the Secretary of State at the end of each session.[1]
See rules: House Rules and Orders
Function
According to the House Rules, the Energy and Technology Committee considers matters relating to:
| “ | Energy, including the regulation of power generation, transmission facilities, energy efficiency, natural gas facilities, and siting of energy facilities; utilities, including rates and quality of service; telecommunications, siting of telecommunications facilities, the buildout of cellular and broadband services, and rates and quality of service; and the state’s information technology systems.[2][3] | ” |
Membership
2023-2024 legislative session
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Energy and Technology Committee, 2023-2024 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(1) |
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2021-2022 legislative session
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Energy and Technology Committee, 2021-2022 |
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(1) |
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2019-2020 legislative session
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Energy and Technology Committee, 2019-2020 |
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| Democratic members (5) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members(2) |
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2017 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2017 legislative session.
| Energy and Technology Members, 2017 | ||||
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| Democratic members (4) | Republican members (2) | Third-party members (2) | ||
| • Stephen Carr, Chair | • Corey Parent | • Robin Chesnut-Tangerman | ||
| • Curt McCormack, Vice chair | • Warren Van Wyck | • Laura Sibilia | ||
| • Robert Forguites | ||||
| • Michael Yantachka | ||||
2015 legislative session
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2015 legislative session.
| Natural Resources and Energy Members, 2015 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members (2) | ||
| • Tony Klein, Chair | • Mike Hebert, Ranking member | • Robin Chesnut-Tangerman | ||
| • Rebecca Ellis, Vice-Chair | • Marianna Gamache | • Oliver Olsen | ||
| • Kesha Ram, Clerk | • Warren Van Wyck | |||
| • Robert Forguites | ||||
| • Mary Sullivan | ||||
| • Michael Yantachka | ||||
2013-2014
The following table describes committee membership at the beginning of the 2013 legislative session.
| Natural Resources and Energy Members, 2013 | ||||
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| Democratic members (8) | Republican members (3) | |||
| • Tony Klein, Chair | • William Canfield | |||
| • Margaret Cheney, Vice chair | • Martha Feltus | |||
| • Rebecca Ellis | • Mike Hebert | |||
| • Tim Jerman | ||||
| • John Malcolm | ||||
| • Curt McCormack | ||||
| • Betty Nuovo | ||||
| • Michael Yantachka | ||||
2011-2012
The following table describes committee membership for the 2011 legislative session.
| Natural Resources and Energy Members, 2011 | ||||
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| Democratic members (6) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Betty Nuovo | • Kurt Wright | • Sarah Edwards | ||
| • Michael Yantachka | • William Canfield | |||
| • Tim Jerman | • Mike Hebert | |||
| • Tony Klein | ||||
| • Mark Mitchell | ||||
| • Margaret Cheney | ||||
2009-2010
The following table describes committee membership for the 2009 legislative session.
| Natural Resources and Energy Members, 2009 | ||||
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| Democratic members (7) | Republican members (3) | Third-party members (1) | ||
| • Tony Klein, Chair | • Joseph Krawczyk, Jr., Vice chair | • Sarah Edwards | ||
| • Margaret Cheney | • William Canfield | |||
| • Tim Jerman | • Kurt Wright | |||
| • Mark Mitchell | ||||
| • Betty Nuovo | ||||
| • Rachel Weston | ||||
| • Jeff Young | ||||
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Vermont General Assembly, "House Rules," accessed Feb. 24, 2021
- ↑ Vermont General Assembly, "House Rules," accessed Feb. 24, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
