COMMITTEE APPROVES UTILITY POWER RULES

A legislative committee gave key approval to new rules for utilities under Public Service Commission jurisdiction. The rules cover reporting, power generation dispatch, maintenance and fuel planning. Committee discussion focused on ratepayer protections, including a 69-percent capacity-factor standard. The rules carry out the Power Generation and Consumption Act, which lawmakers passed in 2025. They now move to the full Legislature, where they will be considered with other rules.