Another missing email haunts the Public Utilities Regulation Authority and the pursuit of truth.

This time we have a reliable witness.

The latest email controversy at PURA involves one purportedly from agency chief of staff Theresa Govert that tells two of the three commissioners they cannot have direct access to agency staff. The email to PURA commissioners Jack Betkowski (now retired) and Michael Caron (still a member) either never existed or has gone missing.

It would be a serious breach to tell commissioners appointed by the governor and confirmed by the legislature that their ability to confer with the professionals who help the commissioners grapple with complex information would be limited. The commissioners often count on staff members who possess technical expertise to expl

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