CHARLESTON â A pandemic. A brutal winter driving up utility bills. An unemployment rate that remains slightly higher than it was before last springâs COVID-19 shutdowns in a state that had the nationâs highest percentage of households receiving food stamps and second-lowest median household income before the coronavirus crisis.
These are the daily problems that make West Virginia consumers particularly vulnerable right now.
Enter Robert Williams, the new director of the state Public Service Commissionâs Consumer Advocate Division.
âI think I know what Iâm getting into,â Williams said.
Williams, 63, of Charleston, will take over leading the Consumer Advocate Division next week. Williams is currently an attorney for the House of Delegates Minority Caucus and previously served as an attorney for the House Judiciary Committee. But heâll be drawing more as consumer advocate from his past experience as a law clerk, staff attorney, administrative
Operator
Good day, everyone, and thank you for standing by. Welcome to the Duke Energy fourth quarter earnings conference call. Today s conference is being recorded. At this time, I d like to turn the conference over to Jack Sullivan, Vice President of Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir.
Jack Sullivan
Vice president of Investor Relations
Thank you, Hannah. Good morning, everyone, and welcome to Duke Energy s Fourth Quarter 2020 Earnings Review and Business Update. Leading our call today is Lynn Good, our Chair, President and Chief Executive Officer; along with Steve Young, Executive Vice President and CFO. Today s discussion will include the use of non-GAAP financial measures and forward-looking information within the meaning of the securities laws. Actual results could differ materially from such forward-looking statements, and those factors are outlined herein and disclosed in Duke Energy s SEC filings. A reconciliation of non-GAAP financial measures can be found in to
For The Inter-Mountain
CHARLESTON – Letters sent last Friday from state broadband officials and lawmakers urged the West Virginia Public Service Commission to scrutinize a proposed deal to approve Frontier Communication’s bankruptcy reorganization in anticipation of a Jan. 19 meeting.
Instead, the PSC issued two orders the same day they received the letters, accepting Frontier’s reorganization plan which included promises to make capital improvements and expand broadband internet across the state. In exchange, Frontier must meet monthly and quarterly reporting requirements and could face financial penalties if it falls behind in its promises.
“The PSC’s approval is another step toward Frontier’s emergence from Chapter 11 restructuring,” said Allison Ellis, senior vice president of regulatory affairs for Frontier, in a statement Wednesday.
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West Virginia on Friday became the 12th state to accept the bankruptcy reorganization plan from Frontier Communications. (Photo by Steven Allen Adams)
CHARLESTON Letters sent last Friday from state broadband officials and lawmakers urged the West Virginia Public Service Commission to scrutinize a proposed deal to approve Frontier Communication’s bankruptcy reorganization in anticipation of a Jan. 19 meeting.
Instead, the PSC issued two orders the same day they received the letters, accepting Frontier’s reorganization plan which included promises to make capital improvements and expand broadband internet across the state. In exchange, Frontier must meet monthly and quarterly reporting requirements and could face financial penalties if it falls behind in its promises.
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