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Committee member urges fast subcommittee review of utility replacements, warns of ratepayer costs
Summary
A Committee member said utility firms are choosing full replacement over repair—shifting costs to ratepayers—and asked that the matter be sent quickly to a utility subcommittee for review.
A Committee member urged the meeting to move quickly to review utility companies’ maintenance practices, saying some firms prefer wholesale replacement to repairs and that the cost burden falls on ratepayers. “They’re coming every week before us, and their decision is not about repair. Their decision replace it,” the Committee member said.
The member referenced comments from earlier speakers,…
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