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Senate committee questions nominees for FSEC chair, Ecology director and state CIO on permitting, wildfire and digital modernization
Summary
The Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee heard three gubernatorial nominees on Oct. 12 — Kurt Beckett to chair FSEC, Casey Sixkiller for Department of Ecology director, and Bill Kehoe to lead Washington Technology Solutions and serve as state CIO — pressing each on engagement, permitting culture, wildfire coordination and technology governance.
The Senate Environment, Energy & Technology Committee held confirmation hearings for three gubernatorial nominations on Oct. 12, hearing extended discussion about energy siting, permitting culture, wildfire coordination, contaminated‑site redevelopment, and state information technology modernization.
Kurt Beckett, governor’s nominee to be chair of the Energy Facility Site Evaluation Council (FSEC), described his background in port operations and federal‑state relationships and said he seeks to improve FSEC’s engagement with local governments, tribes and partner agencies. Beckett told senators that once a project is formally before FSEC "no one gets to talk to the council under adjudicative law," and he said the agency should expand pre‑application conversations and programmatic environmental reviews to avoid surprises and to build trust. "I think pre application conversations are…
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