Why Does the Office of Consumer Counsel Exist?0

• Archive, ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT, Legal
• March 22, 2011

As I explain here, two thirds of the Public Utilities Commission care more about advancing “green” energy, than they do about ratepayer protection. I’m sad to say that the same holds true for the Office of Consumer Counsel. Evidently, in Colorado, ratepayers don’t have a public sector advocate. By any rational calculation, Xcel’s Solar*Rewards program