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Washington State UTC: Directors

Regulatory Services and Energy Directors

“CETA is a total change in how we approach utility investment. We still have ratemaking standards to meet, we still have lowest reasonable costs. CETA does have an off-ramp if costs get out of control, in a two percent cost cap.”
Byline: 

Mark Vasconi, Deborah Reynolds and Chris McGuire

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Washington State UTC: Ann Rendahl

Commissioner

“CETA requires that utilities ensure that energy is affordable, reliable, and that they make the transition to one hundred percent clean energy in an equitable manner.”
Byline: 

Ann Rendahl

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Washington State UTC: Jay Balasbas

Commissioner

“As we think about implementing the clean energy law, how do we at the same time change our ratemaking process to be more forward-looking, as well as give the utilities every chance of success?”
Byline: 

Jay Balasbas

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Washington State UTC: David Danner

Chair

“The Clean Energy Transformation Act. That’s the big issue. How do you ensure reliability and ensure the prices or rates are stable and predictable as we go coal free in 2025, to net carbon neutral in 2030, to a hundred percent carbon neutral in 2045?”
Byline: 

David Danner

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History of Residential Electric Rates part 1

When have residential electric rates been expensive and not? This ten-minute episode of Podcast Utilities Fortnightly starts to answer this question by showing how the Consumer Price Index tracks historical rate trends in extraordinary detail. Part I looks at the trends during the period of 1952 through 1986, and the current trend since 2019.