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Joshua Briggs

Former Policy Intern

Joshua Briggs | September 5, 2023

Cost Benefit Analysis and the Energy Transition: Toward a New Strategy

In the coming years, key decisions that will greatly impact state efforts to address climate change will be made by agencies that the public often thinks very little about. Public utility commissions (PUCs) are state agencies that regulate energy markets. They set electricity prices, plan energy resource development, and oversee the utility providers within their states. For decades, these agencies have advanced an energy policy that is informed by a straightforward need to provide dependable electricity to consumers at fair rates.