Why is Gov. McKee’s PUC nominee stuck in legislative limbo?

By: Nancy Lavin

Outlets: Rhode Island Current

Published: June 10, 2026

Words: 1,025

Last Updated: 1 day, 9 hours ago

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Noticeably absent from the novel-length legislative agendas of the General Assembly’s final days of session: confirmation, or even a preliminary vetting, of Gov. Dan McKee’s nominee to the Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission.

That’s because the Rhode Island Senate does not intend to appoint Donna Sams to the three-member utility panel, at least not this year, Greg Paré, a spokesperson for Senate President Valarie Lawson, confirmed Wednesday.

Sams, whose name was forwarded by

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