Committee advances memorial seeking clearer utility oversight for mobile home parks A House committee gave a due pass to House Memorial 54, which asks state regulators to convene stakeholders and recommend ways to ensure reliable utility service and clearer landlord obligations in manufactured/mobile home communities after repeated outages were reported.

A crucial House committee just advanced a memorial aiming to tackle the troubling utility outages plaguing New Mexico's manufactured home communities, pushing for faster solutions beyond litigation.

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Cheatham County officials recap storm response and outline FEMA assistance; residents ask for better utility oversight County officials and residents described multi-agency emergency response after a severe ice storm, noted sheltering and restoration efforts, and discussed FEMA public-assistance and individual-assistance processes; a resident urged the county to seek state oversight of the NES utility board.

Cheatham County officials and volunteers sprang into action after a devastating ice storm, but residents are now demanding better oversight of local utility boards.

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Committee hears bill to modernize Public Regulation Commission agency; members press for clearer guardrails Representative Ortez introduced HB70 to reorganize the Public Regulation Commission support agency and create a utility oversight fund to retain regulatory fees. Committee members asked for clearer language on Open Meetings Act compliance, ex parte notices and the role of hearing examiners; sponsors agreed to meet with legislators to refine the bill.

A groundbreaking bill aimed at modernizing New Mexico's Public Regulation Commission is stirring debate, with key lawmakers seeking clarity on its implications for transparency and oversight.

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Public Service Commission warns of rapid load growth from data centers, asks for construction monitoring staff PSC staff told the subcommittee that revised load projections tied to data-center growth may require substantial infrastructure and requested funding for an engineer and financial analyst to monitor Georgia Power construction projects, totaling about $272,000.

Georgia's electricity demand is surging, with projections skyrocketing from hundreds to nearly 10,000 megawatts, prompting urgent calls for new oversight in utility construction.

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Local climate groups urge preservation of Maryland's Strategic Energy Investment Fund and support for solar and storage bills POCO Climate Action and other speakers asked the delegation to resist diverting the Strategic Energy Investment Fund (CIF), back the Affordable Solar Act, and support grid-enhancing technologies, battery storage and targeted programs for low-income households.

Local climate advocates are pushing for Maryland's Strategic Energy Investment Fund to be protected and fully utilized for solar initiatives that support low-income families.

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