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PSC's decision to OK gas plants feels like rubber stamp for WE Energies
The recent decision by the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin shows a clear dereliction of duty by the agency tasked with regulating utility companies ("We Energies gas plants approved by Wisconsin PSC despite strong objections," May 22).
The PSC is responsible to ensure utility services are safe, reliable, affordable and environmentally responsible. Yet it approved the Town of Paris and Oak Creek gas plants despite overwhelming public opposition. So many people showed up at the Oak Creek hearing that not everyone had a chance to speak.
Why hold public hearings if the outcome is predetermined? This decision feels like a rubber stamp for WE Energies rather than a fair process. This lack of accountability is deeply unsettling and continues to erode Americans' trust in public institutions. The clean energy movement is the future, and our voices cannot be ignored forever.
It's time to stop letting regulators do the bidding of corporate utilities and start forcing them to serve the public interest.
Georgia Rockwell, Milwaukee
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