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The time Biden actually supported reducing government spending isn’t so long ago. Would a bill to rein in federal spending Sen. Biden supported, now get his OK?

The Public Utility Commission is responsible for reforming the Texas power grid. Now another agency report says they need funding for additional staff.

Each year, members of the Alaska Legislature introduce hundreds of bills. But from the time bills are first introduced to the time they’re heard in committee, there’s no simple explanation of what a bill actually does. Here’s the Alaska Beacon’s effort to fix that gap.

State agency that oversees Texas power grid needs more money to do its job, Sunset Commission finds

Six issues were found regarding the State's power regulation.

The Public Utility Commission has about 200 employees but needs more to handle shoring up the state power grid and tackling an expanded list of regulatory duties, according to the state Sunset Advisory Commission.

The Public Utility Commission needs more state funding to ensure that Texas’ electric grid doesn’t fail again as it did during the devastating 2021 winter storm, the Texas Sunset Advisory Commission said Wednesday.

The Alaska State Legislature convenes Jan. 17 in Juneau, but lawmakers have already begun prefiling bills for public consideration.

The hearing comes after new findings that the Public Utility Commission is “woefully-under resourced” to do its job.

The report also recommends the Public Utility Commission hire more of its own analysts rather than rely on industry and other outside groups to help make decisions that affect the entire state.