David Thomas: “I have a letter from NARUC, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. It came in when the bill was…”

“I have a letter from NARUC, the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. It came in when the bill was in its initial stage. They point out there is an admirable compromise between Federal and State jurisdictions, including the issues they can support, and then they suggested some other changes which exist in the current bill because of this. Utility mergers sections, they support that; electric reliability standards, they support that. They support the PUCHA substitute and the PURPA substitute, and the net metering and consumer protection subtitle. This is the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners which is in favor of the changes that have been made and would be opposed to the Craig amendment. This is a letter from the Secretary of Energy and represents the position of the administration. It says: I am writing to express my support for the electricity amendment package agreed to by the Senate last week following bipartisan negotiations.”