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Woodcock, Patrick

CommissionerExecutive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
  • Agency Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs
  • Division Department of Energy Resources
  • Title Commissioner
  • Address 100 Cambridge St., Suite 1020
    Boston, MA 2114
  • Phone 857-263-0846
  • Email patrick.c.woodcock@mass.gov

Official Record

  • Year Started Current Position 2020
  • Years in Current Position 7
  • Job Description The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) develops and implements policies and programs aimed at ensuring the adequacy, security, diversity, and cost-effectiveness of the Commonwealth's energy supply to create a clean, affordable, and resilient energy future. To that end, DOER strives to: ensure deployment of all cost-effective energy efficiency, maximize development of clean energy resources, create and implement energy strategies to assure reliable supplies and improve the cost of clean energy relative to fossil-fuel based generation, and support Massachusetts' clean energy companies and spur Massachusetts' clean energy employment.

Personal Information

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Education & Career

  • Education
    • Bachelor of Arts in Government, Bowdoin College
  • Previous Employment
    • Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs Undersecretary of Energy
    • Acting Commissioner 2019
    • Director of the Maine State Energy Office
    • U.S. Senator Olympia Snowe's office in Washington, D.C.
  • Organizations
    • Massachusetts Clean Energy Center Board, Investment Committee
    • Board of the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Inc.
    • National Association of State Energy Officials
    • Energy Facilities Siting Board