Rep. Monique Priestley urges PUC oversight for cloud computing, calls it critical infrastructure

Representative Monique Priestley told the House Energy and Digital Infrastructure Committee that Vermont depends on cloud computing in the same way it depends on electricity and phone service and that the state lacks guardrails for pricing, reliability and data portability. "Cloud computing is no longer optional. It is foundational," she said, arguing the state should treat qualifying cloud services as utilities when those services are critical to the public interest.