PSC scraps statewide energy efficiency program

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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana’s utility regulators Wednesday shelved plans for a statewide energy efficiency program, only two months after backing the idea.

The change of one member of the Public Service Commission in the latest election was enough to reverse course. The commission voted 3-2 to abandon the previously approved program plans, without allowing any public testimony before the vote.

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