NARUC Professional Development provides in-person, live online, and on-demand training courses to regulators, commission staff, consumer advocates, utility representatives, and other stakeholders to increase their knowledge of regulatory and technical issues and processes. The online courses cover a range of areas including accounting & rate design, electricity, natural gas, legal, telecommunications, public relations & communications, and water/wastewater. The curriculum focuses on emerging issues and policies in utility regulation, and introductions to new and emerging technologies and requirements affecting utilities. Online courses average six hours in length, taught over three days, and feature interactive discussions and exercises.
NARUC's premier in-person training course is NARUC Rate School, held in May and October annually. This in-person training focuses on the fundamentals of utility rate making by working on a mock utility rate case. Participation in Rate School is limited, allowing students to work in small teams guided by practitioner faculty to create a personalized learning experience.
Missed an online course? Most online courses are available through our On-Demand catalog!
Registration for all NARUC Professional Development courses requires payment via credit card at the time of registration. Cancellation and substitution policies are listed below. Registration for Live Online Courses ends at 5:00 PM ET on the day before the first class.
NARUC Professional Development
Track: Electricity
September 30, October 1, 2, 2025
Resource adequacy is the study and quantification of the likelihood of having sufficient generation resources to meet electricity demand. This foundational course will introduce students to the key assumptions, modeling methodologies, and interpretation of results in reviewing resource adequacy.
Fees:
Dues-Paying Members / Associate & Federal Members: $250
State, Federal, and International Agencies / NASUCA Members / Academia: $450
All Others: $650
NARUC Professional Development
Track: Accounting and Rate Design
November 4, 5, and 6, 2:00 PM – 4:00 PM ET each day
This course explores various approaches to performance-based ratemaking (PBR). The traditional cost of service approach to energy utility ratemaking is changing as new performance-based solutions lead to improved utility performance and streamline the process of setting utility rates. Taught by Mark Newton Lowry, this course will explain the rationale for PBR and detail four established approaches used today: (1) Relaxation of the link between revenue and grid use (e.g. revenue decoupling); (2) Performance metrics and performance incentive mechanisms (“PIMs”); (3) Targeted incentives for underused practices; and (4) Multiyear rate plans.
Fees:
Dues-Paying Members / Associate & Federal Members: $250
State, Federal, and International Agencies / NASUCA Members / Academia: $450
All Others: $650
NARUC Professional Development
Track: Natural Gas
November 18, 19, 20, 2025
This course provides an introduction to natural gas utility operations and regulation in the United States. Students will learn about the production, transport, and end use of natural gas.
Fees:
Dues-Paying Members / Associate & Federal Members: $250
State, Federal, and International Agencies / NASUCA Members / Academia: $450
All Others: $650
Registration will open soon.
NARUC Professional Development
Track: Accounting & Rate Design, Theory and Practice of Utility Regulation
January 13, 14, 15, 2026, 2:00 – 4:00 PM ET each day
This course provides students with an understanding of the basic finance and regulatory concepts of utility regulation, including financial risk and return; portfolio theory; the relationship between rate base and capital structure; the weighted average cost of capital; and the required return on common equity.
Fees:
Dues-Paying Members / Associate & Federal Members: $250
State, Federal, and International Agencies / NASUCA Members / Academia: $450
All Others: $650
Registration will open soon.
NARUC Professional Development
Track: Electricity
January 27, 28, 29, 2026
This course provides an overview of transmission planning, including cost allocation principles, regional and interregional planning, transmission reliability, and interconnection.
Fees:
Dues-Paying Members / Associate & Federal Members: $250
State, Federal, and International Agencies / NASUCA Members / Academia: $450
All Others: $650
Registration will open soon.
NARUC Professional Development
Track: Accounting & Rate Design
March 10, 11, 12, 2026
This course provides an introduction to the processes, general principles, and terms used by regulated utilities in financial accounting and reporting.
Fees:
Dues-Paying Members / Associate & Federal Members: $250
State, Federal, and International Agencies / NASUCA Members / Academia: $450
All Others: $650
Registration will open soon.
NARUC Professional Development
Track: Accounting & Rate Design
April 13, 14, 15, 2026
This course provides an introduction to utility rate cases. It reviews the basic parts of a rate case and explains how these cases are developed.
Fees:
Dues-Paying Members / Associate & Federal Members: $250
State, Federal, and International Agencies / NASUCA Members / Academia: $450
All Others: $650
Registration will open soon.
NARUC Professional Development
Track: Critical Infrastructure
April 21, 22, 23, 2026, 2-4 PM Eastern (online)
This course explores how state public utility commissions can effectively incorporate AI into their work.
NARUC Professional Development
Track: Communications
May 4, 5, 6, 2026, 2 PM - 4 PM ET each day
In today’s high-stakes utility landscape, communication failures can be as damaging as operational ones. Utility commissions, senior leaders, and public information officers are increasingly at the center of volatile public debates about rising rates, grid reliability, climate policy, cyber threats, and storm recovery — with intense political and media scrutiny. This course uses real-world case studies and interactive strategy drills to prepare participants to communicate effectively when public trust is at stake. This course is part of the NARUC Professional Development Communications Track.
Registration will open soon.
NARUC Professional Development
Track: Electricity
May 19, 20, 21, 2026, 2:00-4:00 PM Eastern each day
As electric vehicle (EV) adoption accelerates across the United States, electric utilities face increasing pressure to prepare the grid to support this transition. Utility regulatory staff and state legislative teams play a critical role in making sure that the impacts of transportation electrification are both equitable and beneficial for utilities and ratepayers. This course provides foundational and advanced education on the important role utilities and regulatory commissions play in enabling transportation electrification and managing its grid impacts.
Fees:
Dues-Paying Members / Associate & Federal Members: $250
State, Federal, and International Agencies / NASUCA Members / Academia: $450
All Others: $650
Registration will open soon.
For more information please contact:
NARUC Professional Development Support
(202) 898-2200
npdsupport@naruc.org
On-demand courses must be paid with a credit card. Each student must register separately; group orders are not available.
On-demand courses cannot be canceled or refunded.
Please email questions to npdsupport@naruc.org
If you cannot attend a live online course that you have registered for, you may substitute an individual from the same organization. The substitution must be made one week prior to the first day of the course. The substitute must have a My NARUC profile in the system. Click this link to create a profile in MatrixMaxx => https://www.naruc.org/mynaruc/. For assistance, email npdsupport@naruc.org.
If you are unable to attend or secure a substitute from the same organization for a live online course, a cancellation request must be submitted via email to Bunnary Tan at btan@naruc.org. A refund less a 20% processing fee will be provided if the cancellation is received no later than 7 business days prior to the start date of the course.
NARUC reserves the right to cancel or postpone courses in the unlikely event of insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances.
Please email questions to npdsupport@naruc.org