The States

"In Maryland, the General Assembly passed a new renewable portfolio standard with a goal of fifty percent renewables by 2030."

"The only successful regulatory strategy will be dynamic with the ability to quickly anticipate and react to technological, policy, climate, and market developments but must be predicated on safety and reliability."

"We’ve always wanted one larger regional transmission planning group because we all know that the benefits are going to be better."

"The Delaware PSC is one of, I believe, only two Commissions in the U.S. that has part-time Commissioners."

"It’s important when talking about Colorado and the state of the electric industry, to know we’re vertically integrated and what we would call traditionally regulated."

Conversations with PSC chairs in Colorado, Delaware, Idaho, Illinois, Maryland, Oregon, Pennsylvania, and Wyoming.

"Explaining what the PSC does has become a much bigger part of the job in recent years."

" We tell the customers we’re not taking sides. We’re just telling you what the rules, regulations, statutes, and tariffs are."

"More focus is given to the reasonableness of the settlement."

"We do placement of cell towers in areas that do not have local planning and zoning."