Tom Carper: “Abraham Lincoln used to say the role of government is to do for the people what they cannot do for themselves.”

Public engagement can build trust, it can increase public buy-in, can help resolve issues, can help prevent litigation, and ultimately it can save time and money.

We are better off when we hear community concerns at the beginning of the process rather than at the end.

People ask me what I am proudest of in my life, and I always say, raising three boys, with a big assist from their mom.

I think the greatest way that the Commission can have an impact on that is probably through our rate-making authority.