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State Utility Regulation: Jeremy McDiarmid

Massachusetts DPU

“We want to make sure we’re extracting as much value out of the existing system as possible, so we expect to open a docket on time-varying rates for electric customers. We’re also looking at flexible interconnection.”
Byline: 

Jeremy McDiarmid with Paul Kjellander

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State Utility Regulation: Kumar Barve

Maryland PSC

“The big concern in PJM is that Maryland is a relatively small state. We can have strict regulations that are pro-consumer. But if an adjoining state decides to negotiate badly, those embedded costs could end up in the grid, and we end up paying for it.”
Byline: 

Kumar Barve with Paul Kjellander

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State Utility Regulation: Gabriella Passidomo Smith

Florida PSC

“When the PSC looks at large load customers, we want to ensure they pay their fair share, existing customers are protected from subsidizing speculative demand, and system reliability and transmission readiness are maintained.”
Byline: 

Gabriella Passidomo Smith with Paul Kjellander

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State Utility Regulation: Chair Kayla Hahn

Missouri PSC

“Our tariffs are designed to allow certain carbon-free or renewable programs to be funded to serve large load customers but designed to ensure that residential or commercial customers are held harmless in terms of the costs of those programs.”
Byline: 

Kayla Hahn with Paul Kjellander

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State Utility Regulation: Chair Rory Christian

New York PSC

“We’re going to be tying executive pay to affordability. We’re going to require utilities to publicly disclose how CEO salaries compare to their average workers’ pay, and report on an affordability index that will measure energy burden in their service territories.”
Byline: 

Rory Christian with Paul Kjellander

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What's Ahead With Commission Chairs

Regulators

Public Utilities Fortnightly has been publishing a popular series of conversations with Commission Chairs, which started in 2025. This is continuing throughout 2026 and providing insights into the latest developments in state regulation in the public interest.

The discussions also provide an understanding of which issues are similar and which are different among the states. Affordability is front and center, as is load growth from data centers and artificial intelligence, but state legislation, policy, and goals affect all the issues.

Byline: 

PUF

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State Utility Regulation: Angie Hatton

Kentucky PSC

“We have areas that are not expecting load growth – and potentially even a decrease in load – like in eastern Kentucky in the Appalachian region, where we haven’t gotten a lot of economic development.”
Byline: 

Angie Hatton with Paul Kjellander

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Michigan Commission: Chair Dan Scripps

State Commission Chairs

“According to the most recent EIA data, we’ve reduced the outages by nearly an hour – 52.6 minutes – compared to 2019. In fact, no state has made more progress in improving outage duration and grid reliability than Michigan during that time.”
Byline: 

Dan Scripps with Paul Kjellander

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Washington Commission: Chair Brian Rybarik

State Commission Chairs

“While there are a lot of data centers in Washington, the investor-owned utilities that the UTC regulates have not seen a lot of hyperscale activity yet. This puts the UTC in a good spot to think holistically and learn from other places where large loads have been interconnecting.”
Byline: 

Brian Rybarik with Paul Kjellander

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