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Patrick Scully, former CEO of Portland law firm Bernstein Shur, has joined the Maine Public Utilities Commission, the three-member state panel that regulates electricity, natural gas, water and telecommunications services.
Gov. Janet Mills on Tuesday swore in Scully after his nomination by Mills received a unanimous confirmation vote from the Maine State Senate.
Scully, 64, is “among Maine’s most knowledgeable energy and utilities attorneys,” according to Mills.
“Patrick’s perspective and depth of experience will be a valuable asset to the Maine Public Utilities Commission,” she said in a news release Tuesday. “I thank the Senate for their unanimous confirmation vote and look forward to Commissioner Scully’s work on the PUC.”
On May 24, Governor Janet Mills nominated attorney Patrick Scully, who was most recently the Chief Executive Officer of Bernstein Shur, to serve a six-year term on the Maine Public.
Patrick Scully, the former CEO of Portland-based law firm Bernstein Shur, has been nominated to serve a six-year term on the Maine Public Utilities Commission.
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Mills nominates utilities lawyer to serve on Maine PUC
If he s confirmed, Patrick Scully, the recently retired CEO of Bernstein Shur, will be the second commissioner the governor has named to the three-person panel.
Gov. Janet Mills has nominated a utilities lawyer to serve on the Maine Public Utilities Commission.
Patrick Scully, who retired two years ago as chief executive officer of the Bernstein Shur law firm, would replace R. Bruce Williamson, who was named to the commission by former Gov. Paul LePage and whose term expired in March. Scully will need to be confirmed to the six-year term by the Maine State Senate.