Energy Secretary Rick Perry, left, swears in Walker
CARMEL – Former Deputy Putnam County Executive Bruce Walker has
been appointed to the post of assistant secretary for the Office of Electricity
Delivery and Energy Reliability at the US Department of Energy.
Walker, a Mahopac native who lives with his family in Pawling, has been
in County Executive MaryEllen Odell’s administration since she took
office on November 11, 2011.
Odell will not fill the vacant deputy executive post in 2018. “Just
as many businesses continue to do more with less, I have decided to leave
the deputy county executive position vacant for 2018. I have returned
the $175,495 (from salary, benefits, pension and employer expenses) back
to the taxpayers.”
As the assistant secretary, Walker’s responsibility will be to provide
leadership on a national level to modernize the electric grid, enhance
the security and reliability of the energy infrastructure and facilitate
recovery from disruptions to the energy supply both domestically and internationally.
The US Senate has confirmed Walker’s appointment.
