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Carol Ting - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Implementing Public Utility Commission Web Sites: Targeting Audiences, Missing Opportunities
Public Administration Review, 2009Co-Authors: Lawrence E. Wood, Phyllis Bernt, Carol TingAbstract:Research demonstrates that some government agencies are more accomplished than others when it comes to e-government. More generally, various scholars suggest that e-government is moving forward at a relatively slow pace, especially in relation to the sophistication of government Web sites. With these issues in mind, this research utilized interviews with state Public Utility Commission staff members to explore their agencies' experiences with staffing, funding, coordinating, and prioritizing their e-government efforts, particularly their Web site activities. Assessing such efforts in both quantitative and qualitative terms, this research found that a mix of various factors, including financial resources, knowledgeable staff, and administrative oversight, related to better performance. Moreover, although Public Utility Commissions have a clear mission to serve both consumers and regulated utilities, this research indicates that the Commissions are focusing more of their e-government efforts on industry rather than citizens.
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the telecommunications content of state Public Utility Commission web sites remaining relevant in a changing marketplace
Government Information Quarterly, 2007Co-Authors: Phyllis Bernt, Lawrence E. Wood, Carol TingAbstract:Abstract The role and continued relevance of state telecommunications regulators have been challenged by the development of competition, the introduction of new technologies, and the increasing dominance of federal authority. An important role that state Utility Commissions can play in the current telecommunications environment is to provide consumer education and information about consumer protection, competition, and universal service. Commissions can use their Web sites as effective tools in educating and informing consumers. This study analyzes the consumer-related telecommunications information included on the Web sites of the Commissions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia to determine whether, and how well, state Commissions are using their Web sites to educate and inform.
Shmuel S Oren - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Texas Energy-Only Resource Adequacy Mechanism
The Electricity Journal, 2006Co-Authors: Eric Schubert, Parviz Adib, David J Hurlbut, Shmuel S OrenAbstract:On Sept. 13, 2006, the Public Utility Commission of Texas put into effect a new Resource Adequacy and Market Power Rule which establishes an Energy-Only resource adequacy mechanism in the ERCOT electricity market, relaxes the $1,000 per MWh offer cap, and replaced existing market mitigation procedures with more market transparency and prompt information disclosure. The authors describe the motivation and rationale underlying the new rule, its development process, and its implementation details. (author)
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protecting the market from hockey stick pricing how the Public Utility Commission of texas is dealing with potential price gouging
The Electricity Journal, 2004Co-Authors: David J Hurlbut, Keith Rogas, Shmuel S OrenAbstract:Abstract An automatic mitigation procedure called the Competitive Solution Method offers a way of guarding against price gouging while keeping the door open to appropriate scarcity rents and price signals.
Phyllis Bernt - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Implementing Public Utility Commission Web Sites: Targeting Audiences, Missing Opportunities
Public Administration Review, 2009Co-Authors: Lawrence E. Wood, Phyllis Bernt, Carol TingAbstract:Research demonstrates that some government agencies are more accomplished than others when it comes to e-government. More generally, various scholars suggest that e-government is moving forward at a relatively slow pace, especially in relation to the sophistication of government Web sites. With these issues in mind, this research utilized interviews with state Public Utility Commission staff members to explore their agencies' experiences with staffing, funding, coordinating, and prioritizing their e-government efforts, particularly their Web site activities. Assessing such efforts in both quantitative and qualitative terms, this research found that a mix of various factors, including financial resources, knowledgeable staff, and administrative oversight, related to better performance. Moreover, although Public Utility Commissions have a clear mission to serve both consumers and regulated utilities, this research indicates that the Commissions are focusing more of their e-government efforts on industry rather than citizens.
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the telecommunications content of state Public Utility Commission web sites remaining relevant in a changing marketplace
Government Information Quarterly, 2007Co-Authors: Phyllis Bernt, Lawrence E. Wood, Carol TingAbstract:Abstract The role and continued relevance of state telecommunications regulators have been challenged by the development of competition, the introduction of new technologies, and the increasing dominance of federal authority. An important role that state Utility Commissions can play in the current telecommunications environment is to provide consumer education and information about consumer protection, competition, and universal service. Commissions can use their Web sites as effective tools in educating and informing consumers. This study analyzes the consumer-related telecommunications information included on the Web sites of the Commissions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia to determine whether, and how well, state Commissions are using their Web sites to educate and inform.
Lawrence E. Wood - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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Implementing Public Utility Commission Web Sites: Targeting Audiences, Missing Opportunities
Public Administration Review, 2009Co-Authors: Lawrence E. Wood, Phyllis Bernt, Carol TingAbstract:Research demonstrates that some government agencies are more accomplished than others when it comes to e-government. More generally, various scholars suggest that e-government is moving forward at a relatively slow pace, especially in relation to the sophistication of government Web sites. With these issues in mind, this research utilized interviews with state Public Utility Commission staff members to explore their agencies' experiences with staffing, funding, coordinating, and prioritizing their e-government efforts, particularly their Web site activities. Assessing such efforts in both quantitative and qualitative terms, this research found that a mix of various factors, including financial resources, knowledgeable staff, and administrative oversight, related to better performance. Moreover, although Public Utility Commissions have a clear mission to serve both consumers and regulated utilities, this research indicates that the Commissions are focusing more of their e-government efforts on industry rather than citizens.
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the telecommunications content of state Public Utility Commission web sites remaining relevant in a changing marketplace
Government Information Quarterly, 2007Co-Authors: Phyllis Bernt, Lawrence E. Wood, Carol TingAbstract:Abstract The role and continued relevance of state telecommunications regulators have been challenged by the development of competition, the introduction of new technologies, and the increasing dominance of federal authority. An important role that state Utility Commissions can play in the current telecommunications environment is to provide consumer education and information about consumer protection, competition, and universal service. Commissions can use their Web sites as effective tools in educating and informing consumers. This study analyzes the consumer-related telecommunications information included on the Web sites of the Commissions in the 50 states and the District of Columbia to determine whether, and how well, state Commissions are using their Web sites to educate and inform.
David J Hurlbut - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.
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The Texas Energy-Only Resource Adequacy Mechanism
The Electricity Journal, 2006Co-Authors: Eric Schubert, Parviz Adib, David J Hurlbut, Shmuel S OrenAbstract:On Sept. 13, 2006, the Public Utility Commission of Texas put into effect a new Resource Adequacy and Market Power Rule which establishes an Energy-Only resource adequacy mechanism in the ERCOT electricity market, relaxes the $1,000 per MWh offer cap, and replaced existing market mitigation procedures with more market transparency and prompt information disclosure. The authors describe the motivation and rationale underlying the new rule, its development process, and its implementation details. (author)
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protecting the market from hockey stick pricing how the Public Utility Commission of texas is dealing with potential price gouging
The Electricity Journal, 2004Co-Authors: David J Hurlbut, Keith Rogas, Shmuel S OrenAbstract:Abstract An automatic mitigation procedure called the Competitive Solution Method offers a way of guarding against price gouging while keeping the door open to appropriate scarcity rents and price signals.
