Thomas R. Carper: “We have worked hard in our State at the State level to try to spend taxpayer money a lot smarter.”

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.

Not really. I have just come from the Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, which is having a hearing on the Key Bridge, the bridge in Baltimore that was badly damaged.

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

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.