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      "overview": "Pennsylvania's utility regulator oversees electric, natural-gas, telecommunications, water, transportation, rail-safety, and pipeline matters. Ratebase currently follows its investor-owned electric and gas general-rate proceedings.",
      "governance": "Five commissioners serve staggered five-year terms. A commissioner whose term expires may remain for no more than six months while a successor is pending.",
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          "nominated_by": "Gov. Josh Shapiro",
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          "name": "Kimberly M. Barrow",
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        {
          "name": "Kathryn L. Zerfuss",
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          "name": "John F. Coleman, Jr.",
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          "name": "Ralph V. Yanora",
          "role": "Commissioner",
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