Public Advocates Office flags growth in non‑cost‑effective program budgets, urges performance standards
The Public Advocates Office presented analysis showing a large increase in budgets for programs not meeting cost-effectiveness thresholds and urged consistent performance standards and reconsideration of ratepayer funding for repeatedly failing programs.
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Shelley Leiser, program manager in the Public Advocates Office, told the committee that a subset of ratepayer-funded programs has grown in authorized budget despite not demonstrating cost-effectiveness. Leiser showed a chart she said indicates those program budgets rose from roughly $27,000,000 in 2021 to about $557,000,000 in 2027 and recommended that projected benefits be compared with quantifiable results before authorizing continued ratepayer funding.
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