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Committee debates amendment to allow consumer advocate input in site-evaluation reviews; action deferred
Summary
Committee members and the Site Evaluation Committee administrator debated an amendment that would permit the Office of the Consumer Advocate (OCA) to participate in SEC proceedings at the request of the Council for the Public. The committee deferred further action to gather more input and to refine language.
Committee members discussed an amendment (described in the hearing as a "replace all" amendment) that would allow the Office of the Consumer Advocate (OCA, also called the consumer advocate) to participate in Site Evaluation Committee (SEC) proceedings when the Council for the Public determines the consumer advocate’s expertise is relevant to ratepayer impacts.
Drew Beamer, administrator of the Site Evaluation Committee, testified he appreciates the intent but opposed expanding the SEC’s role to…
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