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PURA Q&A: Community groups report auto-sum errors that left budgets undercounted; staff offers workarounds
Summary
At an informal PURA Q&A, community groups described formatting and auto-population errors in stakeholder compensation PDF forms that produced an auto-calculated total of $83,007.64 while their line items summed to $99,007.64; PURA staff suggested 'print to PDF' workarounds, manual review of line items and filing cover letters while seeking longer-term fixes.
Hartford — Community representatives raised technical problems with the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority's stakeholder compensation forms during an online Q&A, saying auto-population and format glitches produced incorrect budget totals that could reduce final payments.
"The total...was $83,007.64," said Jamieson Davis of Righting Wrongs, describing an auto-generated sum the group received from the form. Davis said the group’s internal calculation of the submitted line items came to $99,007.64, and after reconciling final expenses of $94,007.14 the remaining discrepancy was roughly $9,950.
PURA staff acknowledged platform-dependent issues with fillable PDFs and suggested immediate workarounds. "If you print to PDF...it will stop being a fillable form," a staff member identified in the transcript as Elizabeth said, adding that a flat PDF should not change after submission though it may not cure font-size or layout problems on all systems.
Staff also advised applicants to attach supplemental documents or a short cover letter explaining any discrepancies alongside the…
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