NARUC !
No, that isn’t a Merry Christmas greeting in Star Trek Klingon, or a character from Star Wars.
NARUC is the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.
Here is information on what NARUC does.
“NARUC is the national association representing the State Public Service Commissioners who regulate essential utility services in your State. NARUC members are responsible for assuring reliable utility service at fair, just, and reasonable rates.
Founded in 1889, the Association is an invaluable resource for its members and the regulatory community, providing a venue to set and influence public policy, share best practices, and foster innovative solutions to improve regulation”.
Hon. Philip B. Jones,
President NARUC
President NARUC
In 2009 NARUC had an annual meeting, and with this link you can see who attended.
Now once you have this list up do a search. Hit Control F on your key board and that should bring up a box that will allow you to type in a word or name and it will find it and highlight it, then hit next to find more of the same word or name.
That is what I did starting with the name Harris and I got some interesting results.
Mrs. Harris, the NY PSC commissioner with the BP lawyer husband pops up. No real surprise, she is a regulatory commissioner after all. If you scroll the list of names you can see other NY PSC commissioners and also NY PSC staff as well. Nothing unusual there either…right?
But other Harris names pop up that are more interesting. There is no John Harris , Maureen’s BP lawyer husband, however, there are a number of partners from the Harris Beach law firm. That would be the same Harris Beach that John S. Harris, the BP lawyer was a partner in at one time. I wonder what they are doing at this meeting? I guess they do a lot of legal work in the energy arena. You know like guide clients through the govt regulatory maze as clients put up energy projects that need permits and approvals.
Now one other name was interesting. That is William Flynn and he is a big wig in Harris Beach law firm as well…and what else was he at one time?????
Well…he was the former Commissioner of the NY PSC!!! Garry Brown is also in attendance who is the current NY PSC commissioner with Maureen Harris.
Now have you ever been to a big convention, or even a small one representing a company of association? I have several times.
The NY PSC says there is no funny business going on with Maureen Harris having a husband as a BP lawyer representing BP in the Art X process with the Cape Vincent Wind Farm. That the Art X system in Albany
What happens at the conventions is people from like agencies get together. Maybe Maureen Harris gets together with Gary Brown the current NYPSC Commissioner and maybe they go to dinner with the former PSC commissioner William Flynn that now works for a law firm that Maureen’s husband worked for, maybe Flynn brings some of his lawyer buddies, or they get together with other people they know etc. They have dinner, and a few drinks, maybe go to a sports bar, talk a little energy policy and rub green elbows and casually figure out what is best for NY’s energy future and how to carry it out on behalf of Gov. Cuomo.
I wonder if the NY PSC can assure us they have control over that too????
Gooooooood luck Cape Vincent
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