Getting It Right Together: The State Regulatory Lens on America’s Large-Load Future

Who pays, who bears the risk, who decides, and when?

Virginia Commissioner Jehmal Hudson makes a forceful case that serving large-load growth requires credible commitments, earlier coordination, and ratepayer protections built into investment decisions.

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Virginia Commissioner Jehmal Hudson makes a forceful case that serving large-load growth requires credible commitments, earlier coordination, and ratepayer protections built into investment decisions.

Hudson, commissioner of the Virginia State Corporation Commission and incoming president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).

It is a pleasure to be with so many people thinking seriously about one of the most consequential issues facing the electric industry: how we meet extraordinary new demand while maintaining the affordability, reliability, and financial discipline customers expect from the electric system.

I come to this conversation wearing two hats.

First, I serve as a Commissioner of the Virginia State Corporation Commission.

Virginia gives us an important vantage point because we are confronting, in real time, many of the questions other states may increasingly face as large loads seek to connect to the grid.

Second, later this year, I will have the privilege of serving as President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

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Patel Who pays, who bears the risk, who decides, and when?

Virginia Commissioner Jehmal Hudson makes a forceful case that serving large-load growth requires credible commitments, earlier coordination, and ratepayer protections built into investment decisions.

Hudson, commissioner of the Virginia State Corporation Commission and incoming president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).

It is a pleasure to be with so many people thinking seriously about one of the most consequential issues facing the electric industry: how we meet extraordinary new demand while maintaining the affordability, reliability, and financial discipline customers expect from the electric system.

I come to this conversation wearing two hats.

First, I serve as a Commissioner of the Virginia State Corporation Commission.

Virginia gives us an important vantage point because we are confronting, in real time, many of the questions other states may increasingly face as large loads seek to connect to the grid.

Second, later this year, I will have the privilege of serving as President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.