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Committee recommends bill letting PSC hold separate public and technical hearings for siting cases
Summary
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to recommend Senate Bill 2116, which would let the Public Service Commission hold separate public-input hearings and consolidated technical (evidentiary) hearings for electric and pipeline siting cases to improve public accessibility and streamline the evidentiary record.
The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee voted to recommend Senate Bill 2116 after testimony that the change would make it easier for affected landowners to provide public input and reduce duplicative technical testimony in multi-county siting cases.
The bill would permit the Public Service Commission to hold separate public hearings focused on community input while conducting a single consolidated technical (evidentiary) hearing on the record. "During the siting…
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