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Federal Advocacy
NARUC often writes letters or submits reports to Congress and the federal government on a number of issues, including climate change, broadband funding, and related matters. Below is an archive of this correspondence to Congress, the White House, the Federal Communications Commission, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and other relevant agencies and departments.
 July 30, 2010
Letter to the President of the United States
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners supporting the continuation of the innovative financing mechanisms known as Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs.
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July 30, 2010
Letter to the President of the United States
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) strongly supporting the continuation of the innovative financing mechanisms known as Property-Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) programs.
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July 13, 2010
Letter to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners supporting provisions of the Equal Access to 21st Century Communications Act (S. 3304)
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July 9, 2010
Letter to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners requesting to strike or clarify the record in FERC Docket No. EL10-64-00.
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June 30, 2010
Letter to House Committee on Energy and Commerce
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners in support of the Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency, and Fairness Act or Cell Phone ETF Act (H.R. 5583).
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June 3, 2010
Letter to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners seeking an audit of the Nuclear Waste Fund.
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May 3, 2010
Letter to the Senate Committee on Finance
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners in support of the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2010 - S. 3262
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April 14, 2010
Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee Leadership
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners in support of the Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act (H.R. 4167)
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March 25, 2010
NARUC Letter to the Blue Ribbon Commisson on America's Nuclear Future
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March 22, 2010
Letter to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners in support for the FCC Commissioners’ Technical Resource Enhancement Act (S. 2881).
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March 16, 2010
Letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, Chairman of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Jeff Bingaman, and Ranking Member Lisa Murkowski
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners regarding various transmission proposals under consideration by the Senate.
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March 15, 2010
Letter to Senate Committee on Appropriations and Senate Subcommittee on Interior, Environment Subcommittee on Interior, Environment
and Related Agencies
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners to request support for continued funding of $5 million in the FY2011 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations bill for the Water Research Foundation.
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March 15, 2010
Letter to the House Committee on Appropriations
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners to request support for continued funding of $5 million in the FY2011 Interior, Environment and Related Agencies Appropriations bill for the Water Research Foundation.
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March 12, 2010
Letter to President Barack Obama
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on the Impact of Maintaining Exploration and Production Moratoria on Federal Lands
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March 5, 2010
Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Comments on FERC’s Request for Comments on RTO/ISO Performance Metrics
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March 4, 2010
Letter to Department of the Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on Expediting Release of Advice on the Proper Tax Treatment of ARRA Broadband Grants
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March 2, 2010
Letter to Energy Secretary Steven Chu
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners regarding the Energy Department’s plan to withdraw the license to build a nuclear repository in Yucca Mountain, Nevada.
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January 29, 2010
Letter to House Committee on Energy and Commerce and Subcommittee on Communications
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners in support for the Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act (H.R. 4167).
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January 26, 2010
Letter to the Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners supporting for Sen. Klobuchar’s Cell Phone Early Termination Fee, Transparency, and Fairness Act or Cell Phone Act (S. 2825).
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January 25, 2010
Letter to U.S. Department of Treasury Secretary Timothy F. Geithner
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners regarding the determination that smart grid grants awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are taxable and therefore could increase ratepayer costs.
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January 25, 2010
Letter to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners regarding the determination that smart grid grants awarded under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are taxable and therefore could increase ratepayer costs.
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January 20, 2010
Letter to Cathy Zoi, Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, USDOE
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners encouraging DOE to set standards that achieve the greatest level of cost-effective energy savings.
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January 6, 2010
Letter to Chairmen and Ranking Members of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, and the House Energy and Commerce Committee
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners responding to a late 2009 letter from industry interests seeking legislation to preempt State authority over Internet Protocol-based services.
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December 12, 2009
Letter to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce and the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology & the Internet
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners supporting provisions of the Twenty-first Century Communications and Video Accessibility Act of 2009 (H.R. 3101) that would leverage monies from the federal Universal Service Fund to aid
eligible disabled Americans with connecting to the
broadband network and staying connected.
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December 4, 2009
Letter to the Federal Communications Commission
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners supporting the June 26, 2009 joint opposition to CTIA’s withdrawal
notice filed by the National Association of State Consumer Advocates, the National Consumer Law Center, the U.S. Public Interest Research Group and Consumers Union.
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December 2, 2009
Letter to the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology & the Internet
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners in support of the Broadband Affordability Act of 2009 (H.R. 3646).
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November 20, 2009
Letter to International Accounting Standards Board (IASB)
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Comments on
the July 2009 IASB Exposure Draft ED/2009/8 Rate-regulated Activities
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October 30, 2009
Letter to the Federal Communications Commission
NARUC notice of oral ex parte contacts concerning the proceedings captioned: In the Matter(s) of Consumer Information and Disclosure, CG Docket No. 09-158, Truth-in-Billing Format, CC Docket No. 98-170, IP-Enabled Services WC Docket No. 04-36
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October 28, 2009
Letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer, Chairwoman, Environment and Public Works Committee, and Sen. James Inhofe, Ranking Member, Environment and Public Works Committee
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners expressing NARUC's preliminary views on the Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act (S.1733).
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October 28, 2009
Letter to Brian Patrick Kennedy, Chair, Committee on Communications, Financial Services & Intrastate Commerce
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners clarifying NARUC's positions on wireless issues.
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October 20, 2009
Before Federal Communications Commission
Comments of the State Members of the Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services on NPB Public Notice No. 10 - "Broadband Clearinghouse"
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October 2, 2009
Before the Federal Communications Commission
Initial comments of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on NPB Public Notice No. 2 - "Implementation of Smart Grid Technology"
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September 25, 2009
Before the Federal Communications Commission
National Association Of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Petition for Clarification or Declaratory Ruling that No Order or Regulation Issued by the Federal Communications Commission Limits State Authority to Collect Data Directly from any Broadband Infrastructure or Service Provider
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September 9, 2009
Filing to the Federal Communications Commission
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners supporting immediate clarification of the FCC’s Rules on Nomadic VoIP Intrastate Revenues
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September 2, 2009
Letter to Mr. David Frantz, Director, Loan Guarantee Program, U.S. Department of Energy
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners commenting on the U.S. DOE’s Proposed Loan Guarantee Program Rules
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September 2, 2009
Letter to the Federal Communications Commission
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners notifying the FCC of ex-parte communications
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July 14, 2009
Letter to Rep. Charles Rangel, Chairman, Committee on Ways and Means, and Rep. Dave Camp, Ranking Member, Committee on Ways and Means
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners urging support for H.R. 537 that lifts restrictions on the State volume caps on qualified water and wastewater projects.
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July 8, 2009
Letter to U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Steven Chu
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners in support of industry proposal to suspend payments to the Nuclear Waste Fund
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May 29, 2009
Letter to the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture, the NTIA, the Rural Utilities Service, and the FCC
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners reiterating NARUC’s call for State involvement in releasing broadband funds related to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009.
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May 19, 2009
Letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on the allowance allocation provisions in the American Clean Energy and Security Act of 2009.
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May 11, 2009
Letter to House Energy and Commerce Chairman Henry Waxman
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners in response to the American Gas Association’s list of climate-related recommendations.
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May 11, 2009
Letter to Honorable Steven Chu, Secretary, U.S. Department of Energy
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on Fluorescent Tube and Incandescent Reflector Lamps Rulemaking
Docket #: EE-2006-STD-0131
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May 11, 2009
Before the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Comments from the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on a proposed Smart Grid Policy Statement, with supplementary comments.
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May 6, 2009
Letter to Carl O. Bauer, Director, National Energy Technology Laboratory, US DOE
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners with comments on the Draft Funding Opportunity Announcement for Smart Grid Demonstrations (Draft FOA).
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May 6, 2009
Letter to Honorable Patricia A. Hoffman, Acting Assistant Secretary,
Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Research and Development Division, US DOE
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners with comments on the Notice of Intent to Issue a Funding Opportunity Announcement for Smart Grid Investment Grant Program (NOI).
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May 5, 2009
Letter to Senators Jeff Bingaman and Lisa Murkowski
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on concerns with the transmission discussion draft.
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April 30, 2009
Letter to Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on the Reauthorization of Clean Water and Drinking Water-State Revolving Funds
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April 23, 2009
Letter to Representative Peter Welch (VT)
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on the Retrofit for Energy and Environmental Performance (REEP) program
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April 20, 2009
Letter to the Federal Communications Commission
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on the creation of a Lifeline-Link-Up pilot program for broadband services.
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April 2, 2009
Letter to the Departments of Commerce and Agriculture
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and 90 NARUC members on how States can assist the federal government disburse the $6.8 billion in broadband stimulus funding.
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March 17, 2009
Letter to the Office of Management and Budget - Peter R. Orszag, Director
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on Climate Policy and Obama Administration's FY2010 Budget
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February 11, 2009
Letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid and House Speaker Pelosi
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on Electric Retail Rate Design in Stimulus Legislation (H.R. 1).
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January 26, 2009
Letter to Senate Committee on Appropriations
Statement of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on Senator Bennett Loan Guarantee Amendment
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January 26, 2009
Letter to Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation
Recommendations of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners for Broadband Infrastructure Investment in Stimulus Package
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January 23, 2009
Letter to House Committee on Appropriations
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on Water Infrastructure Funding in Economic Stimulus Legislation
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January 22, 2009
Letter to Senate and House of Representatives
Statement of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on Economic Stimulus Legislation and State Utility Ratemaking Policies
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January 5, 2009
Letter to House Speaker Pelosi and Minority Leader Boehner
Statement of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Urging Full Funding for Broadband Data Collection Act
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January 5, 2009
Letter to Senate Majority Leader Reid and Minority Leader McConnell
Statement of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Urging Full Funding for Broadband Data Collection Act
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December 31, 2008
Letter to the Obama Transition Team
Letter to Lisa Jackson and Members of the Obama Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency Transition Team on Funding Water Infrastructure Projects through the Economic Stimulus Package
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December 31, 2008
Letter to the Senate
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on Water Infrastructure Funding in Economic Stimulus Legislation
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December 12, 2008
Letter to the Obama Transition Team
Letter to Dr. Susan Crawford and members of the Obama Administration’s Federal Communications Commission Transition Team
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September 16, 2008
Letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection
Statement of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on the Calling Card Consumer Protection Act (H.R. 3402)
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September 16, 2008
Letter to the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
Statement of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on the DTV Transition Oversight Hearing
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September 11, 2008
Letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality
Statement of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on the "Protecting the Electric Grid from Cyber Threats" hearing
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September 10, 2008
Letter to the Senate
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners announcing the creation of the Ad Hoc Committee on National Wireless Standards
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September 10, 2008
Letter to the House of Representatives
From the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners announcing the creation of the Ad Hoc Committee on National Wireless Standards
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July 22, 2008
Letter to House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet
From National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on HR 3914, "The Protecting Consumers through Proper Forbearance Act"
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June 24, 2008
Letter to the Senate Commerce, Science, and Technology Committee
From National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners expressing support for The Same Number Act of 2007
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May 1, 2008
Letter to Representatives Ed Markey and Cliff Stearns
From NARUC Consumer Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Jones offering NARUC's support for expanding broadband access among all citizens.
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April 21, 2008
Letter to Senators Joseph Lieberman, John Warner, Barbara Boxer, and James Inhofe
From NARUC Executive Director Charles Gray on S.2191, the "America's Climate Security Act."
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April 2, 2008
Letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on "Smart Meters" legislation
From National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners President Marsha Smith
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December 7, 2007
Letter to the House of Representatives
From National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners expressing support for adoption of language that would extend the temporary exemption of the Universal Service Fund from the Antideficiency Act.
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December 6, 2007
Letter to the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee supporting language in the reauthorization of the Drinking Water and Clean Water State Revolving Funds that will make IOUs eligible for Clean Water State Revolving Fund loans.
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December 3, 2007
Letter to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell expressing NARUC's support for S. 1492, the Broadband Data Improvement Act.
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November 28, 2007
Letter to Senator Lamar Alexander in response to his query regarding NARUC’s views on the Lieberman-Warner climate-change legislation
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October 29, 2007
Letter to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chairman John Dingell and Ranking Member Joe Barton expressing NARUC’s support for the Broadband Census of America Act of 2007.
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November 4, 2005
Letter on Gulf Coast
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