Saturday - NARUC

Saturday

Staff Subcommittee on Telecommunications

9:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. • Grand Ballroom 1 & 2

9:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.	STATE STAFF SESSION (Closed Session for State Commissioners and State Staff) Joe Witmer, Pennsylvania, Acting Chairperson Greg Doyle, Minnesota, Vice Chairperson Brad Ramsay, NARUC Staff Ken Mallory, NARUC Staff Ashley Ingebrigtsen, NARUC Staff Sherry Lichtenberg, NRRI Staff Lead 9:00 - 9:45 NARUC Update: Regulatory and Legislative Brad Ramsay and Ken Mallory 9:45 - 10:00 NRRI: Current and Future Projects Sherry Lichtenberg 10:00 - 10:15 Joint Boards Update Separations Sandy Reams, Joe Witmer Universal Service Labros Pilalus 10:15 - 10:30 Break 10:30 - 11:00 USAC Update Michelle Garber 11:00 - 11:30 STATE DEVELOPMENTS ROUNDTABLE Members 11:30 - 12:00 Emerging Issues In The States
1:30-2:30 p.m.	Robocalling Wars - Chapter B (for Blocking) As the industry moves toward wide-scale call authentication, the FCC for the first time permits default call blocking based on "any reasonable analytics, designed to identify unwanted calls." How will this fundamental change ensure that the right calls are completed, that consumers can rely on a consistent implementation, will there be a cost to consumers and will rural call completion suffer? These and other challenges to fixing the robocall problem will be discussed. Moderator: Robert McCausland, VP Regulatory & Government Affairs, West Telecom Services, LLC Dave Bergmann, NASUCA (invited)
2:30-2:45 p.m.	Networking Break
2:45-3:45 p.m.	Resolutions
3:45-4:00 p.m.	Next Steps to November
4:00-5:00 p.m.	Resolutions (as needed)

Subcommittee and Staff Subcommittee on Education and Research

12:00-2:50 p.m. • Room 314

12:00-1:00 p.m.	Closed Executive Session
1:00-1:05 p.m.	Welcome and Introductions Hon. John (Butch) Howard, Chair, South Carolina
1:05-1:00 p.m.	Approval of Minutes
1:10-1:20 p.m.	NARUC Center for Partnerships & Innovation Update Danielle Byrnett, Director, NARUC Center for Partnerships & Innovation
1:20-1:30 p.m.	NRRI Update Carl Pechman, Executive Director
1:30-1:35 p.m.	ICER and Other Matters Jack Betkoski, III, Connecticut
1:35-1:55 p.m.	Annual Reports Ted Kury, Director of Energy Studies, Public Utility Research Center, FL Sarah Gott, Financial Research Institute, MU Doug Gegax, Director, Center for Public Utilities, NMSU Lori Sak, Director, WI Public Utility Institute, UW-Madison
1:55-2:10 p.m.	Update on Subcommittee Projects Erin Hammel, Director, International Programs, NARUC 2019 Summer Internships (NARUC) New Commissioner Regulatory Orientation Other
2:10-2:20 p.m.	Review of Applications for Support Erin Hammel, Director, International Programs, NARUC Applications for Consideration
2:20-2:30 p.m.	Update on Staff Subcommittee Projects Patti Lucarelli, Chair, Staff Subcommittee, RI Survey on Training Needs Scholarship Report and Awardee Selection
2:30 p.m.	Rate School Report Cathy Pedemonti, CT, Rate School Coordinator
2:40 p.m.	New Business

Executive Committee

(Closed Meeting)

3:00-5:00 p.m. • Room 313