Appearing at the OMA’s Manufacturers’ Energy Conference weeks ago in Westerville, Kent Chandler, the former chair of the Kentucky Public Service Commission, presented data questioning reported electric load growth forecasts. His slides illustrated past inflation of forecasts compared to actual demand. Chandler, a senior fellow with the R Street Institute, described the incentives for utilities to inflate load forecasts.

In a defense of competitive generation markets, Chandler also shared data on the significant customer costs Georgians will pay for the most recent nuclear power generating station and cited other examples as a warning of how regulated companies have hoisted costs on captive customers. 10/2/2025