AARP Eye Center
Search
Regulators should assign system costs appropriately to customer classes. This should be consistent with universal service and affordability goals.
Regulators should ensure that residential rate design minimizes flat, fixed charges and fees.
Policymakers should not approve advanced or up-front payments for major capital construction projects. This includes for nuclear and coal plants.
State policymakers should rely on securitization only when it results in the lowest overall costs for consumers. Securitization plans must include consumer protections.
Policymakers should ensure that solar customers pay their fair share of costs and nonbypassable fees.
Policymakers should refrain from approving utility requests to join a regional transmission organization (RTO) or independent system operator (ISO) if they have not
Policymakers should ensure that smart-grid technology makes the grid more efficient, reliable, and secure. The grid should also be better connected.