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Those who care about climate change may lose opportunities to affect national and local energy policies.
Each state has a public utility committee composed of a small number of people appointed by the state government or elected by voters.
These groups are often responsible for setting electricity prices, allowing new power plants, planning renewable energy, and making decisions about the future of the grid.
But few consumers know who these specialists are or what they do.
Hua: “I keep going back to this question, how are these bodies so important, but even in energy spaces, even in climate spaces, many people haven't really heard of them, or thought of them?”
Charles Hua is the founder of the non-profit power line.
His group encourages people to find out who sits on the state’s utility committee, find groups that interact with them, and express their voices.
Wa: “I think it’s our responsibility to have a certain level of awareness about these decision makers so that we can ensure that they are ultimately responsible for the public good and that they are doing everything they can to drive a more affordable, reliable, reliable, sustainable energy system for all of us.”
Report Credit: Ethan Freedman/Chavobart Digital Media
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