Jersey Energy Forum: Appointment of Members

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A decision made 8 February 2018:

Decision Reference: MD-PE-2018-0014
Decision Summary Title :	Appointment of members to the Jersey Energy Forum		Date of Decision Summary:	30.01.2018
Decision Summary Author:	Director Environmental Policy		Decision Summary: Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)	Public
Type of Report: Oral or Written?			Person Giving Oral Report:
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Written Report Author:			Written Report : Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)
Subject: Appointment of members to the Jersey Energy Forum
Decision(s): The Minister approved the appointment of the following representatives for the listed organisations as members of the Jersey Energy Forum: Jersey Electricity PLC ,Chris Ambler, Chief Executive Jersey Gas, Stuart Crossman, Group CHP and Commercial Sales Officer Rubis (CIFuel supplies),Nicolas de Breyne, Managing Director Jersey Energy Trust, Peter Cadiou, Jersey Energy Trust - former member Jersey Energy Trust, Sir Nigel Broomfield, Jersey Energy Trust - former member Jersey Consumer Council, Anne King, Executive Officer JCAN, Jeremy Harris, J-Can representative Jersey Construction Council, name tbc, Jersey Construction Council Association Of Jersey Architects, Richard Le Sueuer, Architect Highlands College, Norman Murray, Lecturer Individual application, Alison Cambray, personal capacity Individual application, Mike Waddington, personal capacity Individual application, Colin Russell Jim Hopley, Chamber of Commerce Helier Smith, Jersey Water, Chief Executive
Reason(s) for Decision: The Jersey Energy Forum is a multi-stakeholder non-executive forum and forms part of the Jersey Energy Partnership. Its role is to comment on and input to the progress of Pathway 2050: Energy Plan for Jersey (see P.38/2014), and to raise areas of concern and identify future of changing priorities. The forum comprises members from organisations which are identified in the terms of reference approved by the Jersey Energy Executive on 28th August 2014. Members are appointed to the Forum for three years, the first term of office expired at the end of 2017 and members were invited to express interest in remaining on the forum for a second period of office in line with the agreed person specification and modus operandi agreed by the Forum in November 2017.
Resource Implications: There are no additional resource implications.
Action required: Secretariat (DoE) to write to the members informing them of their successful appointments.
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