Public Utilities Regulatory Authority adopts final decisions in eight dockets, appoints presiding officers in six proceedings

Interim Chairman Tom Wheel opened the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority’s remote meeting at 9:00 a.m. on April 8, 2026, and announced the agenda would begin with Part A, “for the consideration of final decisions in eight different dockets,” which he placed before the panel for a grouped vote.

A commissioner moved to consider items 1 through 8 on Part A and another commissioner seconded. After Mr. Bumpin took roll call, Wheel announced each commissioner—Chairman Wheel, Vice Chairman David Arconti, Interim Commissioner Jan Beecher, Interim Commissioner Holly Cheeseman and Interim Commissioner Everett Smith—voted yes. “Items 1 through 8 have been adopted,” Wheel said.

The meeting then proceeded to Part B, which Wheel described as “a consent calendar for the appointment of presiding officers in six different proceedings.” A motion to consider items 1 through 6 on Part B was moved and seconded; following roll call, Chair Wheel announced that the panels assigned to those items had designated a presiding officer.

Both grouped actions were adopted by unanimous roll call. The authority did not record debate, amendments, or separate votes on individual dockets or presiding-officer appointments in the transcript. The panel adjourned and scheduled its next regular meeting for Wednesday, April 15, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. via remote teleconference.

Actions recorded in the transcript were procedural approvals: grouped final decisions for eight dockets under Part A and designation of presiding officers for six proceedings under Part B. No statutes, ordinances or additional legal authorities were cited during this meeting.