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Commissioners press for MLP input on MEAM legislative‑caucus letters
Summary
Commissioner Bryan DiPersia raised concerns that MLP Legislative Caucus letters — including recent mailings about the clean‑heat standard — reach state lawmakers without timely input from MLP commissioners. General Manager Matthew Brown said he would ask the MEAM secretary to add commissioners to the distribution list.
At the Nov. 13 meeting, Commissioner Bryan DiPersia told colleagues he was concerned that MLP Legislative Caucus letters have been distributed in ways that do not allow timely input from municipal light plant commissioners, citing recent communications about the clean‑heat standard. Commissioner Danby Whitmore said the caucus should engage MLP commissioners in discussions, and Commissioner Mark Cousins asked whether State Rep. Kassner had contacted DiPersia or Whitmore on the matter.
General Manager Matthew Brown said he would ask the MEAM secretary to add MLP commissioners to the email distribution list so commissioners receive legislative‑caucus correspondence directly. Brown also reminded the commission that individual commissioners can contact their state representatives as private citizens but that staff and MEAM cannot have the commission represented as a single voting body unless explicitly authorized.
The minutes record the discussion as an operational and communications concern; no formal motion or vote about caucus letter policy was recorded.
