Mills Nominates Former Chair of Maine Democratic Committee to Lead Maine PUC

Maine Public | By Fred Bever

Published May 28, 2019 at 4:55 PM EDT

Democratic Gov. Janet Mills is nominating a former lawmaker and chair of the Maine Democratic Committee to chair the state's Public Utilities Commission.

Phil Bartlett, 42, is a Portland lawyer who also served as the Senate co-chair of the Legislature's Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee.

In a press release, Mills praised Bartlett for expertise in economics and utility regulation and commitment to the state of Maine. Bartlett will take the seat of outgoing PUC chairman Mark Vannoy.

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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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