I suppose - by definition - a newly created Indepe3ndent Regulator office is going to have a lot of turf wars with those who exercised those powers before.  Also, presumably, he got the job because he was ideological well disposed to the concept of independent regulation/open access.  Open access to previously semi-monopoly utilities in the name of efficiency/competition almost always seems to involve increased prices (to attract operators), reduced investment (to increase short term profits), and ultimately an even more dysfunctional system.

notes from no w here