I must have hit a nerve with my post earlier. Charlie Copeland dropped me an email to fill me in on his stance after he spoke to Tyler Nixon.
I was unaware of the expiration of the SEU oversight board. I spoke with Tyler Nixon about it earlier today, and I will no longer attend oversight board meetings. If you check the debate on the Senate floor for SB 228 (which should be available from the Secretary of the Senate), I stated that the SEU should operate under FOIA and that I, as a member of the Oversight Board, would not vote on selecting the “winner” of the RFP being issued by the Energy Office. Obviously, this on-the-record comment was made before I was aware that the board had expired, but emphasizes the point that I have been consistently trying to get the SEU up and running on its own without inappropriate legislator influence.
I plan to contact the Secretary of the Senate next week to confirm Charlie’s assertion, but this is progress. I wonder if the SEU will ever make quorum again.