Our mission is to serve the public interest by improving the quality and effectiveness of public utility regulation. NARUC is the national association representing the state public service commissioners who regulate essential utility services in your state. NARUC members are responsible for assuring reliable utility service at fair, just, and reasonable rates.
At its annual meeting in Charleston, South Carolina, on May 5 and 6, 2026, the National Council on Electricity Policy presented the Jan Brinch Award for Collaboration in Public Service to Mike Dowd, former director of the Air and Renewable Energy Division for the Virginia Department of Environmental Quality.
WASHINGTON (April 23, 2026) — The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners has urged members of Congress not to support legislation that would preempt state permitting and siting authority for electric transmission projects.
WASHINGTON (April 1, 2026) — The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and state regulators are urging citizens and businesses to call 811 before beginning any outdoor digging projects, as part of National Safe Digging Month this April.
WASHINGTON (March 18, 2026) — The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners President Ann Rendahl has appointed Commissioner Mary Pat Regan of the Kentucky Public Service Commission as the new chair of the Committee on Telecommunications, New Jersey Commissioner Zenon Christodoulou as chair of the Committee on Consumers and the Public Interest and California Public Utilities Commiss