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Appropriations panel backs higher PSC intervention pool and adds staff development in straw poll
Summary
Following arguments that specialized consultants and legal teams are needed to defend state utility and energy interests in federal cases, the House Appropriations Government Operations Division signaled support to raise the Public Service Commission’s intervention funding to $250,000 and add $25,000 for staff professional development.
The House Appropriations Government Operations Division signaled bipartisan support to increase the Public Service Commission’s federal intervention funding and to add a modest ongoing professional development increase for staff, following testimony that specialized legal and consultant work has helped the state prevail in recent federal cases.
During deliberations the commission’s members and staff laid out why federal intervention funding is used: to hire consultants and legal contractors in cases before federal agencies such as the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Randy Christmann of the Public Service Commission told…
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