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  • PowerLines Promotes Awareness and Education of PUCs in Grist

    PowerLines Promotes Awareness and Education of PUCs in Grist

    The race for clean energy is local Such markets exist in almost all of the country, save the Southeast, where the makers and sellers of electricity operate with legally protected monopolies in their service territories. If you live in Georgia, Alabama, or Mississippi, for instance, your location within the state determines which power company is…

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  • PowerLines Highlights the Power of State PUCs in Canary Media

    PowerLines Highlights the Power of State PUCs in Canary Media

    Clean energy is on the ballot in these utility regulator races “These PUC commissioners have the power to determine people’s utility bills, the quality of their utility service, and how their utilities are making investments in different forms of energy,” PUC advocate Charles Hua told Canary Media. ​“Yet, few people can name their state’s PUC commissioners or explain what they do.” After stints…

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