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Policymakers should prohibit any time-of-use metering and billing program that is likely to:
Policymakers in states without retail energy competition should refrain from introducing it. Strong regulatory oversight is essential to ensure consumer protections.
Policymakers should engage in evidence-based, transparent planning and decision-making when considering upgrades to the electric grid.
Policymakers should ensure adequate, potable, and affordable water for everyone.
Policymakers should determine what sources of financing are in the best interest of ratepayers and taxpayers.
Regulators should help the water industry realize economies of scale. They should consider consolidation, technological innovations, and other methods to control costs.
Policymakers should establish long-term integrated resource management that ensures water demands for municipal, agricultural, and industrial uses are balanced with environmental protection and pre
Policymakers should develop a water conservation program. The program should be adequately funded.