Electricity consumers beware! The so-called-stimulus bill includes provision for something called “decoupling.” E&E Daily reports:
Also included in the final version is a requirement that governors who want additional state energy efficiency grants ensure that their state regulators guarantee revenue to utilities to support efficiency programs.
State regulators and consumer advocates strongly opposed the provision, saying it ties regulators’ hands and is not the best tool to promote efficiency.
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners said many regulators cannot assure that “decoupling”…
