Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment

The Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment (Norwegian: Energi- og miljøkomiten) is a standing committee of the Parliament of Norway. It is responsible for policies relating to petroleum, energy, hydroelectricity, environmental protection and regional planning. It corresponds to the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy and Ministry of the Environment. The committee has 16 members and is chaired by Ola Elvestuen of the Liberal Party.^[1]

Members 2013–17

The committee is chaired by Ola Elvestuen

Representative	Party	Position
Elvestuen, OlaOla Elvestuen	Liberal	Chair
Aasland, TerjeTerje Aasland	Labour	First deputy chair
Astrup, NikolaiNikolai Astrup	Conservative	Second deputy chair
Aukrust, ÅsmundÅsmund Aukrust	Labour
Bru, TinaTina Bru	Conservative
Eide, Rigmor AndersenRigmor Andersen Eide	Christian Democratic
Fredriksen, Jan HenrikJan Henrik Fredriksen	Progress
Grimstad, Oskar J.Oskar J. Grimstad	Progress
Hansen, Eva KristinEva Kristin Hansen	Labour
Hansson, RasmusRasmus Hansson	Green
Henriksen, OddOdd Henriksen	Conservative
Henriksen, Per RunePer Rune Henriksen	Labour
Holmås, HeikkiHeikki Holmås	Socialist Left
Ljunggren, AnnaAnna Ljunggren	Labour
Milde, EirikEirik Milde	Conservative
Pollestad, GeirGeir Pollestad	Centre

Storting

Odelsting Lagting Building

Standing committees	Business and Industry Education, Research and Church Affairs Energy and the Environment Family and Cultural Affairs Finance and Economic Affairs Foreign Affairs and Defence Health and Care Services Justice Labour and Social Affairs Local Government and Public Administration Scrutiny and Constitutional Affairs Transport and Communications

Other committees	Enlarged Committee on Foreign Affairs and Defence Election Committee European Committee Preparatory Credentials Committee

Organizations	Parliamentary Ombudsman Ombudsman for the Armed Forces Ombudsman for Civilian National Servicemen Office of the Auditor General of Norway Parliamentary Intelligence Oversight Committee

Presidium	Storting Odelsting (discontinued) Lagting (discontinued)

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