NASHVILLE — An overhaul of the Tennessee Regulatory Authority is on its way to Republican Gov. Bill Haslam after the House voted today to drop a provision objected to by the Senate.
The House voted 72-11 and passed the bill, which Haslam proposed, and he is expected to sign it.
It changes the current structure of the TRA, which regulates utilities such as the Tennessee-American Water Co. and Chattanooga. The bill goes from a four-member, full-time board into a five-member, part-time board with a full-time executive director.
Haslam says the TRA no longer needs a full-time board because the responsibilities of the agency, which hears contested rate-hike requests by utilities, have fallen dramatically as a result of telecommunications deregulation.
Changes would result in at least $350,000 in annual savings, according to a legislative analysis.
For complete details, see tomorrow’s Chattanooga Times Free Press.
Andy Sher is a Nashville-based staff writer covering Tennessee state government and politics for the Times Free Press. A Washington correspondent from 1999-2005 for the Times Free Press, Andy previously headed up state Capitol coverage for The Chattanooga Times, worked as a state Capitol reporter for The Nashville Banner and was a contributor to The Tennessee Journal, among other publications. Andy worked for 17 years at The Chattanooga Times covering police, health care, county government, ...
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