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Policymakers should continue to use rate cases to set utility rates.
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 payment for major capital construction projects.
State policymakers should rely on securitization only when it results in the lowest overall costs for consumers.
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 (I
Policymakers should ensure that smart-grid technology makes the grid more efficient, reliable, and secure.