Congressional Advocacy

Testimony

NARUC members are often called before Congress and other Federal agencies to testify on utility and regulatory issues. Below is an archive of NARUC testimony before Congress, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, and various other agencies.

• August 25, 2023
  NARUC Response to the Senate Future of the Universal Serivce Fund Working Group
• September 17, 2018
  Letter supporting the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2018 - S. 3358
• May 3, 2018
  Letter to U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Leadership Supporting the Voluntary Water Partnership for Distressed Communities Act
• May 1, 2018
  Letter to U.S. Senate and U.S. House Committees on Natural Resources Regarding Disaster Preparedness in Puerto Rico and PREPA and PREC
• February 22, 2018
  Letter to U.S. Senate Leadership in Support of PURPA Reform
• December 19, 2017
  Letter to U.S. Representative Tim Walberg in Support of the PURPA Modernization Act of 2017 (HR 4476)
• December 19, 2017
  Montana PSC Vice Chairman Travis Kavulla House Energy Subcommittee Testimony in Support of the PURPA Modernization Act of 2017 (HR 4476)
• October 24, 2017
  Letter to U.S. Senate Leadership in Support of FY 2018 Appropriations for the DOE Nuclear Waste Program
• October 24, 2017
  Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Leadership in Support of FY 2018 Appropriations for the DOE Nuclear Waste Program
• October 12, 2017
  Letter to Senate Leadership in Support of National “Imagine a Day Without Water Campaign”
• October 12, 2017
  Letter to U.S. House of Representatives Leadership in Support of National “Imagine a Day Without Water Campaign”
• September 26, 2017
  Testimony of the Honorable Anthony O'Donnell before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Subcommittee on the Interior, Energy and Environment: "Examining America's Nuclear Waste Management and Storage." 
• September 26, 2017
  Questions Answered by the Honorable Anthony O'Donnell before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform - Subcommittee on the Interior, Energy and Environment: "Examining America's Nuclear Waste Management and Storage." 
• July 26, 2017
  Letter to the Senate Committee on Appropriations in Support of Continued Support for the Department of Energy's National Laboratories
• June 22, 2017
  Letter to House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017
• April 26, 2017
  Testimony of the Honorable Anthony O'Donnell before the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce regarding the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017
• September 15, 2016
  Letter to House leadership urging Congress to prioritize investment in water infrastructure on the September 15th, 2016 observance of “Imagine a Day Without Water”
• September 15, 2016
  Letter to Senate leadership urging Congress to prioritize investment in water infrastructure on the September 15th, 2016 observance of “Imagine a Day Without Water”
• August 10, 2016
  Letter urging Congress take action to prevent implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers’ final rule redefining the “Waters of the United States"
• July 6, 2016
  Testimony: The Honorable Travis Kavulla, President, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on Behalf of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power
• April 26, 2016
  Letter to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee calling for bipartisan consensus on FCC process reform legislation
• March 14, 2016
  Letter to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee concerning inclusion of process reform provisions supported by NARUC and included in the bipartisan FCC Process Reform Act of 2015, in the FCC Reauthorization Act of 2016 (S. 2644)
• March 1, 2016
  Testimony of Commissioner Norman J. Saari, Michigan Public Service Commision, on Congressionsal "Pipeline Safety Reathorization Legislation"
• February 2, 2016
  NARUC letter to the Senate opposing King-Reid amendment #3120
• December 3, 2015
  President Kavulla testifies before the House Committee on Energy and Commerce on the Nuclear Waste Fund
• December 1, 2015
  Letter to the House Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet endorsing TFOPA WG 3 recommendations and calling on Congress to identify funding to aid States and localities in updating PSAPS to Next Generation 911
• October 30, 2015
  NARUC-NWSC-NEI letter to Congress
• August 4, 2015
  Comm. Finley testimony on "The hearing to receive testimony on the back-end of the nuclear fuel cycle and related legislation, including S. 854, the Nuclear Waste Administration Act of 2015." before the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
• July 21, 2015
  Letter in support of S485 to Boozman
• July 21, 2015
  NARUC Greg R White House Testimony on Nuclear Waste Reform
• July 20, 2015
  Expansion of Emer Authority to Vulnerabilities
• July 14, 2015
  Comm. Wise testimony on "Oversight of Pipeline Safety, Regulatory Certainty, and Job Creation Act of 2011" before the Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Energy and Power
• July 10, 2015
  NARUC Wise test Pipeline Safety Testimony
• July 7, 2015
  White Responses to Additional Questions on Interim Storage
• June 2, 2015
  Testimony on behalf of NARUC by Commissioner Ronald A. Brise, FL PSC. Lifeline: Improving Accountability and Effectiveness
• May 14, 2015
  Testimony by The Honorable Greg R. White, UPDATE ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY, MAY 15, 2015
  Testimony on behalf of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners by The Honorable Greg R. White Commissioner, Michigan Public Service Commission Chairman, NARUC Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues-Waste Disposal before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy & Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and the Economy hearing on UPDATE ON THE CURRENT STATUS OF NUCLEAR WASTE MANAGEMENT POLICY, MAY 15, 2015
• March 17, 2015
  President Edgar's Testimony before the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee on the State of Technological Innovation Related to the Electric Grid
• March 16, 2015
  NARUC Letter to the House Ways and Means Committee in support of the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Act of 2012 (HR 499)
• September 19, 2014
  NARUC Comments to House Energy & Commerce Committee White Paper #5 "Universal Service Policy and the Role of the Federal Communications Commission"
• August 8, 2014
  NARUC Comments to House Energy & Commerce Committee White Paper #4 - “Network Interconnnection”
• June 25, 2014
  Letter in Support of Private Activity Bonds
• June 16, 2014
  NARUC Comments to House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Third White Paper on Competition Policy and the Role of the Federal Communications Commission
• March 21, 2014
  NARUC letter to Congressional Leadership re: LIHEAP funding 2015
• January 31, 2014
  NARUC Comments on House Energy and Commerce Committee White Paper “Modernizing the Communications Network”
• December 20, 2013
  Letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee regarding the launch of updating the Telecommunications Act of 1996 and providing the NARUC Cooperative Federalism in the 21st Century Whitepaper
• November 2013
  NARUC Federalism Task Force Report: Cooperative Fedearlism and Telecom in the 21st Century
• August 5, 2013
  Letter to the Senate Commerce Committee in support of Senate Resolution 157
  NARUC letter to the Senate Commerce Committee in support of Senate Resolution 157
• June 6, 2013
  Letter to Congressman Tom Reed
  Urging Rep. Tom Reed to sponsor bi-partisan legislation lifting the State volume caps on qualified water and wastewater project private activity bonds (PABs)
• May 30, 2013
  Comments on Discussion Draft of Comprehensive Nuclear-Waste Legislation
  NARUC files comments on bipartisan draft legislation dealing with the nation’s nuclear-waste problem.
• April 19, 2013
  Response to House Energy and Commerce Committee March 26 Request for Information on State Actions to Combat Waste, Fraud and Abuse in the Lifeline Low-Income USF Program
• April 18, 2013
  Letter to Senate Committee on Appropriations
  Expressing concern with an amendment proposed to the Continuing Resolution (HR 933) which would restrict the ability of federal employees to attend private sector educational meetings.
• February 19, 2013
  Letter to the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation
  In support of the Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013 (S. 245)
• February 19, 2013
  Letter to the House Committee On Energy and Commerce
  In support of the Federal Communications Commission Collaboration Act of 2013 (S. 245)

For testimony transcripts prior to 2013, please visit the NARUC Resource Library.