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Panel flags constitutional questions as lawmakers consider Department of Energy and Environment
Summary
House Bill 1215 would combine multiple regulatory agencies into a Department of Energy and Environment; committee members raised legal concerns about moving the Public Service Commission into the executive branch and debated appointment and commission composition issues.
Lawmakers in the Senate State Agencies & Governmental Affairs committee discussed House Bill 1215, a consolidation proposal to form a Department of Energy and Environment by combining the Department of Environmental Quality, the Public Service Commission (PSC), pollution-control and other entities.
Senator Hickey told the committee he had found judicial commentary suggesting the PSC operates as a legislative…
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