Thomas R. Carper: “Because again, the next generation is going to have to ensure that what we have fought for, these remaining 3 million…”

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

If I had known--as you know, the breadth of the issues that we cover in this Committee are enormous. It is impossible for any of us to fully master each of them.

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

For too long, the seats have not been filled, and not been filled properly.