Rockefeller announced chair of Senate Water, Energy & Telecommunications Committee

OLYMPIA — Sen. Phil Rockefeller, D-Kitsap County, has been selected to lead the Water, Energy & Telecommunications (WET) Committee by the Washington State Senate Democratic Caucus. Sen. Ed Murray, D-Seattle, was named to serve as vice chair. Rockefeller’s selection follows the resignation of previous chair Sen. Erik Poulsen, D-Seattle. Poulsen has resigned from the Legislature.

“It is an honor to have been given this responsibility. Our committee has a very broad role developing state policy in the areas of water law, Puget Sound recovery, air quality, traditional and alternative energy sources and telecommunications,” said Rockefeller. “At the top of the list of priorities in the year ahead we will be addressing the impact of climate change while doing all we can to reduce green house gas emissions.”

Rockefeller was prime sponsor of Senate Bill 5372, which created the Puget Sound Partnership. This pivotal measure grew from the recommendation of an advisory body created in 2005 that worked for a year to develop a strategy to protect and restore the health of Puget Sound by 2020.

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