It would be a herculean effort to study the past 100 years of utility regulation in each of our now fifty states. Instead, the State Regulatory Committee has settled for a much more modest essay on the history of the commissions in three states: California, Illinois, and Virginia. These were not randomly selected; they happen to be the jurisdictions and commissions where three of our committee co- and vice-chairs maintain active public utility practices. Yet a look at the history of just these three commissions is sufficient to identify some recurring patterns in state regulation.
October 01, 2017
One Hundred Years of State Utility Regulation
By Charles C. Read, Joseph Seliga, Mitch Holzrichter, and Noelle J. Coates
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