U.S. Secretary of Energy Ernest J. Moniz has appointed Commissioner Stan Wise as a member of the National Petroleum Council for 2016-2017. Commissioner Wise will represent the views of the states in public policy decision making.
 
“I appreciate your willingness to devote time and energy to the Council and I look forward to working with you to advance our common goals. The work of the Council is important to the Department and the Nation,” said Secretary Moniz in his letter appointing Commissioner Wise to the Council.
 
Created by President Truman in 1946, the National Petroleum Council provides essential advice, information, and recommendations on matters related to oil and natural gas and the oil and natural gas industries. The Council is a self-funded advisory body to the Secretary of Energy whose members represent all sectors of the oil and gas industries and related interests. The Council is headed by a chair and a Vice Chair who are elected by the Council. A description of the Council’s history, operations, and studies is available on the Council’s public website at www.npc.org.
 
“I truly appreciate the trust and confidence that Secretary Moniz has shown in me by this appointment to the Council. It is vitally important that the views of the states are represented at the national level on oil and natural gas issues. This appointment especially fits in well with my long time interest in natural gas issues,” said Commissioner Wise. Commissioner Wise has frequently represented state regulators in the nation’s Capital, testifying multiples times before the U.S.  Congress and serving as president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners in 2003-2004.
 
Commission Wise is serving his fourth six-year term on the Georgia Public Service Commission. He was first elected in 1994 and re-elected in 2000, 2006 and 2012. He also chairs the NARUC Natural Gas Committee.