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. Most online courses are recorded and available under the on-demand course listing.
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 a course?
Registration for Live Online Courses ends at 5:00 PM ET on the day before the first class.
NARUC Professional Development
Track: Accounting & Rate Design
August 25, 26, 27, 2025, 2 PM - 4 PM ET each day
NARUC Professional Development Course providing an introduction to utility accounting and ratemaking. Taught by Bill Steele. This course is part of the Accounting and Ratemaking Track of Professional Development courses and is recommended preparation for NARUC Rate School.
Fees:
Dues-Paying Members / Associate & Federal Members: $250
State, Federal, and International Agencies / NASUCA Members / Academia: $450
All Others: $650
For more information please contact:
NARUC Professional Development Support
(202) 898-2200
npdsupport@naruc.org
NARUC Professional Development
Track: Accounting & Rate Design
September 8, 9, 10, 2025
Introduction to the way in which rate cases are developed. Taught by Bill Steele, this course introduces students to the parts of a rate case and how to evaluate rate case inputs. This course is part of the Professional Development Accounting & Ratemaking track. It is a useful preparatory course for NARUC Rate School.
Fees:
Dues-Paying Members / Associate & Federal Members: $250
State, Federal, and International Agencies / NASUCA Members / Academia: $450
All Others: $650
For more information please contact:
NARUC Professional Development Support
(202) 898-2200
npdsupport@naruc.org
NARUC Professional Development
Track: Legal
September 9 - November 25, 2025 7:00-8:30 PM ET
Scott Hempling's Fundamentals of Utility Law course covers key topics in utility law. Directed to both attorneys and non-attorneys, the course addresses topics such as How to distinguish "monopolies" from "monopolizers," how to distinguish anticompetitive conduct from unearned advantage, how to set rates without violating the U.S. Constitution, and the entire alphabet soup of ISOs, RTOs, IPPs, Transcos, CLECs, ILECs. Course registration includes a copy of Hempling's book, Regulating Public Utility Performance. This course is part of the NARUC Professional Development Legal Track.
Fees:
Dues-Paying Members / Associate & Federal Members: $500
State, Federal, and International Agencies / NASUCA Members / Academia: $700
All Others: $900
For more information please contact:
NARUC Professional Development Support
(202) 898-2200
npdsupport@naruc.org
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
Registration will open soon.
For more information please contact:
NARUC Professional Development Support
(202) 898-2200
npdsupport@naruc.org
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.
For more information please contact:
NARUC Professional Development Support
(202) 898-2200
npdsupport@naruc.org
NARUC Professional Development
Track: Accounting & Rate Design, Theory and Practice of Utility Regulation
January 13 – 15, 2026
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.
For more information please contact:
NARUC Professional Development Support
(202) 898-2200
npdsupport@naruc.org
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.
For more information please contact:
NARUC Professional Development Support
(202) 898-2200
npdsupport@naruc.org
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.
For more information please contact:
NARUC Professional Development Support
(202) 898-2200
npdsupport@naruc.org
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.
For more information please contact:
NARUC Professional Development Support
(202) 898-2200
npdsupport@naruc.org
On-demand courses must be pre-paid with a credit card. A “bill me option” is not available.
Purchase orders cannot be accepted. 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 class, you may substitute an individual from the same organization. The substitution must be made one week prior to the course. The substitute must have a 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, 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