When the Public Service Commission needs to know how something works or, just as importantly, how it should work, we turn to the experts in our Engineering Division.
Never heard of them? Sure, you have. When Governor Justice asked us last year to determine whether all of the state’s fire hydrants were in working order, it was the Commission’s engineering staff that got the job. They evaluated all of the information and wrote a thorough analysis of the entire situation. The division works on many other types of special projects, too, such as investigating last November’s natural gas and water outage on Charleston’s west side.
How should this sewer system operate? What’s the correct pressure for a water line? Is this gas line properly monitored? Is that electric circuit reliable? All of these essential questions and more are posed to the specialized staff of this division…