Margaret Cheney, Board Member; Anthony Z. Roisman, Chairman;Sarah Hofmann, Board Member
Vermont Business MagazineThe Public Service Board’s name is changing.As of July 1, 2017, its new name will be the Public Utility Commission, which will be abbreviated as the PUC or as the Commission.The PUC said in a statement that its new name more clearly reflects its existing statutory responsibilities and will reduce confusion about the difference between the Public Service Board and the separate state agency known as the Public Service Department.
Other changes that will occur starting July 1, 2017, include:
- New clerk email address of[email protected]
- New web address ofhttp://puc.vermont.gov
- New name for ePSB – ePUC will be found athttp://epuc.vermont.gov
- New email address for ePUC System Administrator of[email protected]
All content on its current website will be available from the new address; links to its current website will be automatically redirected to the new site.The telephone numbers and mailing and physical addresses are not changing.
The Public Service Board is a three member (Anthony Z. Roisman, Chairman; Margaret Cheney, Board Member; Sarah Hofmann, Board Member), quasi-judicial board that supervises the rates, quality of service, and overall financial management of Vermont's public utilities: electric, gas, telecommunications and private water companies. The Board also supervises cable television companies, although federal law preempts most authority to regulate cable rates or programming. The Board also reviews the environmental and economic impacts of proposals to purchase energy supply or build new energy facilities; monitors the safety of hydroelectric dams; evaluates the financial aspects of nuclear plant decommissioning and radioactive waste storage; reviews rates paid to independent power producers; and oversees the statewide Energy Efficiency Utility Program. VBM vermontbiz.com
Source: PSB 6.26.2017