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Senate confirms two nominees to Public Utilities Commission
Summary
The Minnesota Senate confirmed two nominees, including incumbent appointee Wi Kwon Hamm and nominee Audrey Partridge, to the Public Utilities Commission after unanimous committee recommendations and full-floor voice vote.
The Senate confirmed two nominees to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) following unanimous recommendations from the Senate Energy Committee.
Senator French moved adoption of the committee report and Senator Frentz moved that the Senate give "advice and consent" to the appointments of Wi Kwon Hamm and Audrey Partridge. Both nominees had appeared before the committee and were described by committee members as having relevant technical and policy experience.
Senator Klein spoke in support of Audrey Partridge, citing work on transmission development, conservation policy and clean-energy programs and urging senators to "vote green" on the confirmation. The full body then approved both confirmations in a voice vote: the chair announced the motion "prevails" and the confirmations were recorded as confirmed in the transcript.
The confirmations were handled together on the floor and no roll-call tally was recorded in the portion of the transcript where the final voice vote was taken; the committee had reported unanimous support prior to the floor action.
