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Senate panel questions Public Service Commission budget requests, federal-intervention funding and FTE pool fairness
Summary
Members of the Appropriations - Government Operations Division reviewed the Public Service Commission’s budget requests including federal intervention/legal costs and an FTE pool transfer; committee members asked staff to follow up with PSC leadership and noted equity of the new-and-vacant FTE pool across agencies.
The Appropriations – Government Operations Division reviewed budget items for the Public Service Commission (PSC), focusing on additional requests that were not included in the governor’s executive budget or had been reclassified by the House.
Steve Collin, Executive Director of the Public Service Commission, explained that the PSC had requested funding for “intervention” against federal agencies (examples given included FERC and EPA) and had asked for $380,000 ongoing; the governor’s executive budget reduced that to $190,000 ongoing and the House changed it to $250,000 one‑time. Committee staff explained the House moved several federal-intervention and legal‑service line…
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