Gov. Mills Nominates Retired Energy Lawyer To State Utilities Commission

Maine Public | By Fred Bever

Published May 24, 2021 at 12:52 PM EDT

Governor Janet Mills is nominating a retired energy lawyer to the Maine Public Utilities Commission.

Patrick Scully, 64, retired as CEO of Portland law firm Bernstein & Shur in 2019. He specialized in municipal and utility law and, Mills says, developed particular expertise in renewable energy issues.

If confirmed by the state Senate, Scully will replace outgoing PUC member R. Bruce Williamson.

The three-member commission is a quasi-judicial body that regulates telephone, water and electric utilities, as well as public ferry systems in Maine. Mills also appointed its current chairman, Phil Bartlett.

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A Columbia University graduate, Fred began his journalism career as a print reporter in Vermont, then came to Maine Public in 2001 as its political reporter, as well as serving as a host for a variety of Maine Public Radio and Maine Public Television programs. Fred later went on to become news director for New England Public Radio in Western Massachusetts and worked as a freelancer for National Public Radio and a number of regional public radio stations, including WBUR in Boston and NHPR in New Hampshire.

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