Consumer advocates are statutorily-designated organizations that represent the interests of customers before public utility commissions. David Springe, Executive Director, National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates, and Tom Content, Executive Director, Citizens Utility Board of Wisconsin, join the Electric Wire to discuss more about the role and function of consumer advocate organizations, some of the challenges they face, and ways to keep energy affordable.

Listen to the episode by searching for the Electric Wire wherever you get your podcasts, or listen and watch on our YouTube channel here: Consumer Advocates at Work for Customers - YouTube

Links from Episode:



Home - NASUCA

https://www.nasuca.org/

Citizens Utility Board – Your Independent Consumer Voice (cubwi.org)

https://cubwi.org/

CUB Tracks Podcast:

https://cubwi.org/podcast/

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CFC is hosting a Power Breakfast focused on the role nuclear power plays in Wisconsin’s energy generation mix on Thursday, April 13, at the Premier Park Hotel in Madison, Wisconsin. One of this episode’s guests, Tom Content, will sit on an industry panel discussing costs and benefits of new nuclear power.

We’d love to see our Electric Wire listeners at the Power Breakfast! You can register for the Power Breakfast at our EventBrite page, here:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/power-breakfast-the-role-of-nuclear-power-in-wis-electric-generation-mix-tickets-574574225977

We will have a special table reserved for Electric Wire listeners!

Special thanks to our event sponsors! “Energy Density” Sponsors include Fredrickson law firm and the Nuclear Energy Institute. “All the Power” sponsors include NuScale Power, Wisconsin Counties Association, and Stafford Rosenbaum LLP.