Public Utilities Commission budget review notes wildfire duties, small hardware request
The Public Utilities Commission presented its fiscal overview and a modest IT-hardware request while lawmakers pressed the agency on timing variances in its indirect cost recovery fund and the new regulatory duties created by the Wildfire Standard of Care Act.
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Noah Peterson of the Legislative Services Office presented the Public Utilities Commission's budget profile to the joint committee, noting roughly 50 full-time positions and two dedicated funds that finance the commission's regulation of utilities. The LSO analyst said the PUC has a $35,400 request for IT hardware for FY27 and previously received one-time funding in FY26 for replacement items and IT equipment.
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