03/05/2021 | Press release | Archived content
White House Announces Additional Policy Staff
Today, President Biden and Vice President Harris announced the appointments of additional policy staff who will serve with the White House COVID Response Team, Domestic Climate Policy Office, Domestic Policy Council, and National Economic Council. These qualified, impressive, and dedicated individuals reflect the diversity and strength of America and will play critical roles advancing the Biden-Harris Administration s commitment to tackling the crises we face and building back our country better.
Biographies of the appointees are listed below in alphabetical order and by White House office:
COVID Response Team
Charles Anderson, Director of Economic Policy and Budget for the COVID-19 Response Team
Central Maine Power’s most recent debacle, attempting to charge solar developers millions more for grid interconnections despite signed contracts, was shocking but not surprising from a utility that has sought for decades to undermine renewable power.
Only after public outcry and a call from Gov. Janet Mills for a Maine Public Utilities Commission investigation did CMP reverse course, sending the PUC a mea culpa letter with what energy consultant and former Maine State Planning Office director Richard Silkman called a “very telling juxtaposition.”
This story was originally published by The Maine Monitor.
The Maine Monitor, formerly known as Pine Tree Watch, is a local journalism product published by The Maine Center for Public Interest Reporting, a nonpartisan, nonprofit civic news organization based in Augusta.
Today, President Biden and Vice President Harris announced the appointments of additional policy staff who will serve with the White House COVID Response Team, Domestic Climate Policy Office, Domestic Policy Council, and National Economic Council. These qualified, impressive, and dedicated individuals reflect the diversity and strength of America and will play critical roles advancing the Biden-Harris Administration’s commitment to tackling the crises we face and building back our country better.
Biographies of the appointees are listed below in alphabetical order and by White House office:
COVID Response Team
Charles Anderson, Director of Economic Policy and Budget for the COVID-19 Response Team
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Feb. 17 TOPEKA As residents across the Midwest braced for continued power outages and frigid temperatures, Kansas state Sen. Mike Thompson pointed the blame at renewable energy.
In a Facebook post, Thompson, a Shawnee Republican and Chair of the Senate Utilities Committee, warned that frozen wind turbines and sparse solar energy were hurting the state s energy capacity. This is why the expansion of renewables is dangerous for us going forward. We are putting to much reliance on sources that cannot meet our needs, especially in times like this, Thompson, a former TV meteorologist, wrote.