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State board orders training fixes, warns of pay recovery after staff finds officials fast-tracked mandatory courses
Summary
The board ordered October 31 compliance deadlines for required board-member training after staff found some officials used a platform glitch to claim certificates without completing videos. Staff was authorized to pursue restitution of per-diem where training was fraudulently claimed and the board adopted a new subpoena-rescission policy.
The Tennessee Board of Utility Regulation on June 26 ordered utilities and appointed board members statewide to correct shortfalls in required annual training by Oct. 31, 2025, after staff found that some officials had used a glitch in the online training platform to obtain certificates without watching the required content.
Board staff said the state training platform briefly routed certain videos through a public video site, allowing participants to skip ahead and immediately receive completion certificates. Staff…
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