The Fono has fully confirmed the governor’s nomination of Ali’itama Sotoa as the new director for the Territorial Energy Office. Last Friday, the House endorsed the nominee in a unanimous vote of 19-0 and the Senate voted today to confirm in a 13-1 vote. According to Sotoa’s resume, he has 36 years of experience in engineering, design, procurement, construction and management of major overhead and underground transmission and distribution facilities, and renewable energy. He retired last year December from the San Diego Gas Electric Company where he worked as a Senior Engineering & Design Advisor, and Project Manager. He graduated from the University of California in San Diego in 1972 with a degree in Mathematics, Political Science / Urban & Rural Studies. See tomorrow’s edition for more details from the Senate hearing.
Posted on: Mon, 27 Jan 2014 22:34:18 +0000
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