Thomas R. Carper: “We are deeply grateful for your participation.”

We are delighted to be able to move the legislation today.

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

Given how important this obviously is, my only regret is that we didn't have an opportunity to talk about it 24 hours ago.

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.