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Senate committee reviews Office of Public Utility Counsel budget, agency seeks pay boosts and expert witness funding
Summary
The Senate Committee on Finance reviewed the Office of Public Utility Counsel's budget request, including proposals for pay adjustments and a recurring fund for outside expert witnesses to support utility litigation.
The Senate Committee on Finance received the Legislative Budget Board's recommendations and testimony from the Office of Public Utility Counsel (OPUC) on the agency's 2026-27 budget and staffing needs, including three exceptional items that would increase the agency's ability to represent residential and small commercial utility customers.
The LBB recommended funding OPUC at about $6,900,000 for the biennium, a 0.9% increase over 2024-25 and a reduction in the agency's FTE cap by 6.5 to 25 FTEs, reflecting historical underemployment…
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