Katie Scharf Dykes
2018 - Present
2027
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Katie Scharf Dykes is the Connecticut Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection. Dykes assumed office in 2018. Dykes' current term ends on March 1, 2027.
Gov. Ned Lamont (D) appointed Dykes in December 2018. The Connecticut General Assembly confirmed her appointment on February 20, 2019.[1][2]
Dykes served as chair of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority from 2016 to 2018.[3]
Biography
Dykes previously served as a deputy general counsel for the White House Council on Environmental Quality as well as a legal advisor to the general counsel for the U.S. Department of Energy. In March 2012, she joined the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection as the deputy commissioner for energy, where she remained until her appointment to the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority in October 2016.[3]
Education
- Bachelor's degree, Yale University
- J.D., Yale Law School
Political career
Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection (2018-present)
Dykes became the commissioner-designate after Gov. Ned Lamont (D) appointed her the position in December 2018.[2] The Connecticut General Assembly confirmed her appointment on February 20, 2019, for a term that expired on March 1, 2023.[1]
Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (2016-2018)
Dykes served as chair of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority from October 2016 to December 2018.[3]
Appointments
2018
Dykes was nominated to serve as commissioner of energy and environmental protection by Gov. Ned Lamont (D) in December 2018.[2]
2016
Dykes was nominated to serve as chair of the Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority by Gov. Dan Malloy (D) on October 27, 2016.[3]
Recent news
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Connecticut General Assembly, "Status of H.R. No. 14," accessed March 22, 2019
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, "Commissioner-designate Katie Dykes," accessed January 25, 2019
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority, "Katie Scharf Dykes," accessed April 3, 2017
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Connecticut Commissioner of Energy and Environmental Protection 2018-Present |
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Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority 2016-2018 |
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