Resolutions: adopted July 25, 2012 at the 2012 NARUC Summer Committee Meetings

Subcommittee on Utility Marketplace Access

Resolution Encouraging Regulatory Utility Commissions to Become Informed on Utility Workforce Preparedness Strategies

The resolution supports open dockets at all regulatory utility Commissions for the purpose of reviewing and where necessary developing strategic workforce preparedness strategies.   read...

Committee on Telecommunications

Resolution to Protect State Authority to Assess Taxes and Fees for State Universal Service Funds and E911 Services

The resolution calls on Congress to reject any legislative proposal that would prohibit or limit the authority of States and local governments to assess a tax or surcharge fee to interconnected VoIP service providers and their customers in order to provide financial support for State USFs and E911 services.   read...

Resolution Urging the Federal Communications Commission to Refrain from Implementing Quantile Regression Analysis on Rural Rate-of-Return Carriers Until Concerns Are Resolved, and To Engage State Regulators in Consideration of Next Steps

The resolution calls for the suspension in the QRA implementation until questions about its impact and appropriateness are resolved and the economy improves sufficiently to reduce the difficulty in transitioning to a dramatically new form of methodology for determining reimbursement for capital and operating expenses for rural carriers that receive USF support.   read...

Resolution Honoring Ward Loyd   read...


Resolution Addressing Rural Call Termination Issues

The resolution urges the FCC to address current call termination issues through assessment set forth in the Declaratory Ruling to restore public safety, homeland security, and consumer welfare to rural America.   read...

Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment

Resolution Supporting Building Efficiency Incentives

The resolution recognizes the role States play in the creation of policy incentives for advancing building efficiency upgrades and supports federal legislation to provides financial incentives for building efficiency retrofits.   read...

Resolution on Utility Programs on Customer Energy Usage Data

The resolution acknowledges the need for utilities to disclose the information to customers in an easy way to understand; and encourages State commissions to request that its utilities disclose information available to utility customers, in one central location, via the “Utility Data Access Map” located on OpenEI.org.   read...

Resolution Urging Congressional Action to Address the Conflict Between Grid Reliability Laws and Environmental Laws and Regulations

The resolution urges Congress to enact narrow legislation to resolve conflicts between Section 202(c) and environmental laws and regulations, to ensure that a company/generator would not have to choose which law with which to comply during a DOE declared emergency.   read...

Resolution Encouraging the Department of Defense to work with State Utility Regulators and Utilities

The resolution shares the Department of Defense’s objective to strengthen energy security and expresses a willingness to work to meet energy needs in a manner that does not adversely impact customers or violate state law.   read...

Committee on Electricity

Resolution Urging Congressional Action to Address the Conflict Between Grid Reliability Laws and Environmental Laws and Regulations

The resolution urges Congress to enact narrow legislation to resolve conflicts between Section 202(c) and environmental laws and regulations, to ensure that a company/generator would not have to choose which law with which to comply during a DOE declared emergency.   read...

Committee on Critical Infrastructure

Resolution Encouraging the Department of Defense to work with State Utility Regulators and Utilities

The resolution shares the Department of Defense’s objective to strengthen energy security and expresses a willingness to work to meet energy needs in a manner that does not adversely impact customers or violate state law.   read...

Committee on Consumer Affairs

Resolution Supporting Building Efficiency Incentives

The resolution recognizes the role States play in the creation of policy incentives for advancing building efficiency upgrades and supports federal legislation to provides financial incentives for building efficiency retrofits.   read...

Resolution on Utility Programs on Customer Energy Usage Data

The resolution acknowledges the need for utilities to disclose the information to customers in an easy way to understand; and encourages State commissions to request that its utilities disclose information available to utility customers, in one central location, via the “Utility Data Access Map” located on OpenEI.org.   read...

Resolution to Protect State Authority to Assess Taxes and Fees for State Universal Service Funds and E911 Services

The resolution calls on Congress to reject any legislative proposal that would prohibit or limit the authority of States and local governments to assess a tax or surcharge fee to interconnected VoIP service providers and their customers in order to provide financial support for State USFs and E911 services.   read...

Resolution Addressing Rural Call Termination Issues

The resolution urges the FCC to address current call termination issues through assessment set forth in the Declaratory Ruling to restore public safety, homeland security, and consumer welfare to rural America.   read...

Staff Subcommittee on Accounting and Finance

Resolution Honoring Terri Carlock   read...