ATLANTA – State Representative Bill Werkheiser (R-Glennville), chairman of the House Industry and Labor Committee, was unanimously elected to serve as vice chair of the Energy and Environment Committee for The Council of State Governments Southern Office (CSG South) by members of the committee during the 78th Annual Southern Legislative Conference (SLC) held on July 21 – 25 at the Greenbrier Hotel in West Virginia.
“I am excited to take on a more active role in an organization that I have benefited from since I first got elected,” said Chairman Werkheiser. “Learning what other states are doing makes all of us better policymakers.”
As vice chair of the CSG South Energy and Environment Committee, Chairman Werkheiser will assist the committee’s chair, Louisiana Senator Bob Hensgens, in guiding the committee’s policy focus and projects, including programming for the 79th Annual Southern Legislative Conference, July 19 – 23, 2025, in Birmingham, Alabama.
The CSG South Energy and Environment Committee is comprised of state legislators and legislative staff from the 15 CSG South member states. Recent policy and program issues addressed by the committee include emerging nuclear power technologies, baseload power in Southern states, carbon capture and liquid natural gas storage.
Representative Bill Werkheiser represents the citizens of District 157, which includes Evans and Jeff Davis counties, as well as portions of Appling and Tattnall counties. He was elected to the House of Representatives in 2014 and currently serves as Chairman of the Industry and Labor Committee. He also serves on the Appropriations Subcommittee on Public Safety and the Energy, Utilities & Telecommunications, Juvenile Justice, Public Safety and Homeland Security and State Properties committees.
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