Electricity:
NARUC's Butler discusses transmission siting, rate decoupling
After strong lobbying by state utility regulators, how does the final stimulus package address rate decoupling? What will the impact be on consumers and utilities? During today's OnPoint, Frederick Butler, president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and a New Jersey Board of Public Utilities commissioner, gives his take on how the stimulus addresses ratemaking procedures and energy efficiency for utilities. He gives an update on the federal electric transmission-siting issue and discusses how a federal renewable electricity standard will affect utilities.