2005 North Carolina Code - General Statutes § 113B-3. Composition of Council; appointments; terms of members; qualifications.

§ 113B‑3.  Composition of Council; appointments; terms of members; qualifications.

(a)       The Energy Policy Council shall consist of 18 members to be appointed as follows:

(1)       Two members of the North Carolina House of Representatives to be appointed by the Speaker of the House of Representatives;

(2)       Two members of the North Carolina Senate to be appointed by the President Pro Tempore of the Senate;

(3)       Nine public members who are citizens of the State of North Carolina to be appointed by the Governor;

(4)       The chairman of the North Carolina Utilities Commission, the Secretary of Environment and Natural Resources, the Commissioner of Agriculture, the Secretary of Commerce and the Secretary of Administration or their designees from their respective departments.

(b)       Initial appointments to the Energy Policy Council shall be made by July 15, 1975, and each such appointee shall serve until January 31, 1977. Thereafter, the appointed members of the General Assembly shall serve two‑year terms, and the appointed public members shall serve four‑year terms. A member of the Energy Policy Council shall continue to serve until his successor is duly appointed, but such holdover shall not affect the expiration date of such succeeding term.

(c)       The public members of the Energy Policy Council shall have the following qualifications:

(1)       One such member shall be experienced in the electric power industry;

(2)       One such member shall be experienced in the natural gas industry;

(3)       One such member shall be experienced in the petroleum marketing industry;

(4)       One such member shall be experienced in economic analysis of energy requirements;

(5)       One such member shall be experienced in environmental protection;

(6)       One such member shall be experienced in industrial energy consumption;

(7)       One such member shall be knowledgeable of alternative sources of energy;

(8)       One such member who, at the time of appointment, is a county commissioner; provided, such member's term on the Council shall expire immediately in the event that he or she vacates office as a county commissioner;

(9)       One such member who, at the time of appointment, is an elected municipal official; provided, such member's term on the Council shall expire immediately in the event that he or she vacates office as an elected municipal official. (1975, c. 877, s. 4; 1977, c. 23, ss. 1, 5; c. 771, s. 4; 1979, c. 422; 1981, c. 701, ss. 4, 5; 1989, c. 727, s. 218(80); c. 751, s. 8(15); 1989 (Reg. Sess., 1990), c. 1004, s. 19(b); 1991, c. 739, s. 10; 1991 (Reg. Sess., 1992), c. 959, s. 27; 1997‑443, s. 11A.119(a).)