VT HCR223

Vermont General Assembly honors Michael Dworkin for his career in public service, energy law, and local government

Graduated Middlebury College summa cum laude (1975) and Harvard Law School cum laude; clerked on U.S. Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit and received a medal of commendation as an EPA appellate attorney

Appointed by Governor Howard Dean as Public Service Board Chair in 1999, overseeing the Vermont Yankee nuclear plant sale and establishment of Efficiency Vermont, the nation's first energy efficiency utility

Founded and directed Vermont Law and Graduate School's Institute for Energy and the Environment; taught internationally in China and New Zealand

Served multiple terms as East Montpelier town moderator and later as director of Vermont Energy Investment Corporation and Vermont Electric Power Company