Public Utility Commissions and Procedural Equity

The report identifies barriers to meaningful public participation in Public Utility Commission proceedings and proposes five key opportunities for states to improve procedural justice, including better public education, clearer participation guidance, increased funding for staff and intervenor compensation, enhanced data transparency, and greater community input on equity policies.

• Interviews with advocates and regulators across multiple states identified several barriers to meaningful public participation in Commission proceedings.
• The report identifies five primary opportunities for states to enhance procedural justice: improving public education on the impact of Commission decisions, providing clearer guidance on participation, increasing funding for Commission staff and intervenor compensation, ensuring data transparency between utilities, Commissions, and participants, and increasing community input for institutional equity policies.

APA

Ph.D., M. F. N. B. J. S. B. Ü. (2025). Public Utility Commissions and Procedural Equity. Institute for Policy Integrity. https://policyintegrity.org/publications/detail/public-utility-commissions-and-procedural-equity

Chicago

Ph.D., Michelle Fleurantin, Natalie Britton, Justin Schott, Burçin Ünel,. Public Utility Commissions and Procedural Equity. Institute for Policy Integrity, 2025. https://policyintegrity.org/publications/detail/public-utility-commissions-and-procedural-equity.

Wikipedia

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BibTeX

@techreport{phd2025public, author = {Ph.D., Michelle Fleurantin, Natalie Britton, Justin Schott, Burçin Ünel,}, title = {{Public Utility Commissions and Procedural Equity}}, institution = {Institute for Policy Integrity}, year = {2025}, month = jan, url = {https://policyintegrity.org/publications/detail/public-utility-commissions-and-procedural-equity}, urldate = {2026-10-23}, note = {Indexed by Climate Insights Directory} }