Gov. Jerry Brown announced the following appointment to the CPUC on Friday:
Carla Peterman, 34, of Sacramento, has been appointed to the California Public Utilities Commission. Peterman has served as a member of the California Energy Commission since 2011, where she was lead commissioner for renewables, transportation, natural gas and the 2012 Independent Energy Policy Report. She also served as a committee member in a number of power plant siting cases and was the Energy Commission’s representative on the Western Interstate Energy Board, the Western Interconnection Regional Advisory Board and the State Assistance Fund for Enterprise, Business and Industrial Development Corporation Board. Peterman conducted research at the University of California Energy Institute from 2006 to 2011 and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory from 2008 to 2010. She also served on the board of directors for The Utility Reform Network from 2008 to 2011.
Commissioners are appointed to the CPUC for six-year terms and require Senate confirmation, according to the CPUC announcement:
"On behalf of my fellow Commissioners and the staff of the CPUC, I welcome Commissioner Peterman to the CPUC," said CPUC President Michael R. Peevey in a press statement. "As we look toward 2013, the CPUC has many important issues to tackle. Commissioner Peterman is well-suited to jump right in with both feet to work on behalf of the State of California and its consumers."
