NARUC CPI identifies ongoing and emerging challenges and connects state commissions with expertise and strategies to navigate their complex decision-making. This work includes support for commissions to convene with other key energy decision makers, receive direct assistance through federally funded programs, explore new topics as they arise via facilitated regulator roundtables and quarterly commission staff peer sharing calls, and access recruitment resources to assist with hiring new staff and retaining experts within commissions.
The National Council on Electricity Policy (NCEP) is a platform for all state-level electricity decision-makers to share and learn from diverse perspectives on the evolving electricity sector. The NCEP community includes representatives from state public utility commissions, air and environmental regulatory agencies, governors’ staffs, energy offices, legislatures, and consumer advocates. Learn more.
Public utility commissions constantly face new and complex issues at the intersections of technology, engineering, policy, accounting and finance, regulation, and more. NARUC convenes members and experts, develops resources, and delivers training for Commissioners and commission staff across the country on a wide variety of topics relevant to utility regulation. In addition, NARUC connects commissions with technical assistance and support opportunities from the federal government and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Laboratories. Learn more.
Commissioners and commission staff from across the country are often their colleagues’ best sources of insight and support—intimately understanding the utility regulatory environment and sharing a desire to help others learn lessons from their actions. In complement to NARUC’s member-led committee activities, NARUC CPI staff periodically provide a forum for members to convene in facilitated dialogue through Virtual Roundtables for Regulators and Commission Staff Surge Calls. Learn more.
State utility commissions are increasingly being faced with novel recruitment and retention challenges, directly affecting the ability to employ a skilled workforce to address current and emerging policy issues while combating labor and talent shortages. Learn more.