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Scope and Content Note

These files document Public Service Commission decisions not to suspend tariffs, but instead to allow them to become effective. For each approved tariff, the records include a staff analysis and recommendation memo to the commission (ranging from a few to a dozen or more pages in length) describing the background and rationale for the tariff and the reasons why it should be approved. The files may also include related correspondence between agency staff and utility company attorneys or others providing additional background and justification for the tariff. In a few cases, the files also include correspondence between agency staff and other state agencies (such as the State Energy Office) concerning the tariff.