Testimony to Senate Finance Committee by Annette Smith of VCE in response to the effort by renewable energy developers to eliminate aesthetics from energy cases at the PUC and limit citizen participation to public health & safety and traffic. Written Testimony. Spreadsheet Compilation of Three Years of Solar Cases showing that if there is any problem, it is the lack of participation at the PUC and that the very few cases that do get comments or participation have not slowed development.