Patrick Woodcock

Patrick Woodcock has served as Interim Commissioner of DOER since December 2019.
He joined EEA in 2017 and most recently served as the Undersecretary of Energy, overseeing the Department of Energy Resources and the Department of Public Utilities, chairing the Energy Facilities Siting Board, and serving on the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s Investment Committee.
Prior to his time in the administration, Woodcock was Director of the Maine State Energy Office from 2013 through 2016 and worked for United States Senator Olympia Snowe in her Washington, D.C.
office.
He holds a bachelor’s degree in Government from Bowdoin College.