Public Citizen's Tyson Slocum sees competitive markets and traditional vertically integrated monopoly utilities as equally capable of delivering pro-consumer results in the transition to a clean-energy grid and economy. But both need better oversight in order to deliver on that promise, he says. Slocum calls for greater diversity of stakeholder representation in the competitive regional wholesale power markets, and is enthusiastic about FERC's recent move to establish an office of public participation. That office is making moves to provide financial support to groups like Public Citizen to better enable broader participation in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission proceedings. Slocum will look to leverage that opportunity to ensure that the buildout of transmission to enable a green grid transformation doesn't unnecessarily impose costs on consumers.
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