Representative Bill Werkheiser Elected Vice Chair of CSG South Energy and Environment Committee

Representative Bill Werkheiser Elected Vice Chair of CSG South Energy and Environment Committee Atlanta, GA – August 7, 2024 – Georgia Representative Bill Werkheiser was unanimously elected 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. 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. “I am excited to take on a more active role in an organization that I have benefited from since I first got elected, said Representative Werkheiser. “Learning what other states are doing makes all of us better policymakers.” As vice chair of the CSG South Energy and Environment Committee, Representative Werkheiser will assist the committee’s chair, Louisiana Senator Bob Hensgens, in guiding the committee’s policy focus and projects, including programming for the 79 th Annual Southern Legislative Conference, July 19 – 23, 2025, in Birmingham, Alabama. Representative Werkheiser represents District 157 in the Georgia House and is the Chair of the Industry and Labor Committee. He was elected to the Georgia House in 2014