Carla

California Gov. Jerry Brown named a new commissioner to the five-member California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), Carla Peterman, currently a Brown-appointee on the California Energy Commission (CEC). Separately, the CEC also announced that Brown reappointed Karen Douglas, to the CEC, which is operating with four of its five-member seats currently filled. Peterman succeeds Timothy Alan Simon, whose six-year appointment ends Dec. 31. Simon had been the CPUC natural gas expert and served as chairman of the gas committee at the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. Before joining the CEC in 2011, Peterman served on the board of The Utility Reform Network. Douglas has served on the CEC since 2008 and prior to that was director of California Climate Initiative for the Environmental Defense Fund. Both appointments requires state Senate confirmation.