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Energy Partnership: Terms of Reference: Update

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A decision made 5 September 2019:

Decision Reference:  MD-PE-2019-0076

Decision Summary Title :

Minister to lodge amendments to the Terms of Reference for the Energy Partnership[1]

Date of Decision Summary:

13 Aug 2019

Decision Summary Author:

Director of Environmental Policy

Decision Summary:

Public or Exempt?(State clauses from Code of Practice booklet

Public

Type of Report:

Oral or Written?

Written

Person Giving

Oral Report:

n/a

Written Report

Title :

Amended terms of reference for the Energy Partnership

Date of Written Report:

13 Aug 2019

Written Report Author:

Director of Environmental Policy

Written Report :

Public or Exempt? (State clauses from Code of Practice booklet)

Public

Subject: Minister to amend the terms of reference of the Energy Partnership

Decision(s):

The Minister decided to amend the terms of reference of the Energy Partnership

Reason(s) for Decision:

 

The Council of Ministers in their meeting of 24 May agreed that the terms of reference of the Energy Partnership should be extended to include the response to the climate emergency. The Energy Forum agreed this approach in their meeting of 13 June 2019.

Resource Implications: None

Action required: Amended terms of reference to be published on gov.je

Signature:

 

 

 

 

 

Deputy John Young

Position:

 

 

 

 

 

Minister for the Environment

Date Signed:

 

 

Date of Decision (If different from Date Signed):

 

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