2026 Summer Policy Summit

Session Key

CLOSED — Closed to non-members (Commission members only)

OPEN — Open to all registrants

Saturday, July 18

Saint Paul Service Center at the Heights Site Visit

Saturday, July 18
1:30pm – 3:30pm

Staff Subcommittee on Critical Infrastructure
Staff Subcommittee on Electric Reliability and Resilience

CLOSED

Saturday, July 18
3:30pm – 5:00pm

Executive Committee

CLOSED

Sunday, July 19

CCIF Breakfast & Report Release - Energy Security Through Resource Adequacy: Resources and Regulation to Reinforce Reliability, Resilience, and Reasonable Rates for Customers

Sunday, July 19
8:30am – 11:00am

Staff Subcommittee on Consumers and the Public Interest
Staff Subcommittee on Critical Infrastructure
Staff Subcommittee on Electric Reliability and Resilience
Staff Subcommittee on Energy Resources and the Environment
Staff Subcommittee on Rate Design

Room: Grand E

OPEN

NARUC Members-Only Workshop: Leveraging Data for Regulatory Decision-Making

Sunday, July 19
9:30am – 12:00pm

Room: Symphony III

CLOSED

North Star Morning Brew

Sunday, July 19
9:30am – 10:00am

Room: Grand Ballroom Foyer

OPEN

Registration Open

Sunday, July 19
9:30am – 6:00pm

Room: Red Wing

OPEN

Business Meeting

Sunday, July 19
10:00am – 11:00am

Staff Subcommittee on Telecommunications

Room: Duluth

OPEN

Electricity Markets Simulation

Sunday, July 19
10:30am – 12:15pm

Staff Subcommittee on Electricity

Room: Rochester

OPEN

North Star Morning Brew

Sunday, July 19
11:00am – 11:15am

Room: Grand Ballroom Foyer

OPEN

Sunday, July 19
11:15am – 12:15pm

Staff Subcommittee on Information Services

OPEN

Sunday, July 19
11:15am – 12:15pm

Staff Subcommittee of Public Information Officers

Room: Grand E

OPEN

Sunday, July 19
11:15am – 12:15pm

Staff Subcommittee on Pipeline Safety

CLOSED

Beyond the Bill: What 4 Million Households Reveal About Affordability

Sunday, July 19
11:15am – 12:15pm

Staff Subcommittee on Consumers and the Public Interest

Room: Marquette I-V

OPEN

What's Next for Lifeline?

Sunday, July 19
11:15am – 12:15pm

Staff Subcommittee on Telecommunications

Room: Grand G-F

OPEN

New Commissioners Welcome Luncheon

Sunday, July 19
11:30am – 1:30pm

Room: Grand C

CLOSED

Lunch on Your Own

Sunday, July 19
12:15pm – 1:30pm

OPEN

Sunday, July 19
12:30pm – 1:30pm

Washington Action Program

Room: Symphony 4

CLOSED

Emerging Technologies Showcase III

Sunday, July 19
1:00pm – 5:00pm

Room: Directors Row 2, 3, and 4; Boardroom 1, 2, and 3; Symphony I and II

CLOSED

Sunday, July 19
1:30pm – 2:30pm

Staff Subcommittee on Regulatory and Industry Diversity

Room: Rochester

OPEN

Meeting Data Center Demand Now, While Insulating Consumers from Adverse Rate Impacts

Sunday, July 19
1:30pm – 2:30pm

Staff Subcommittee on Gas

Room: Duluth

OPEN

Subcommittee and Staff Subcommittee on Education and Research

Sunday, July 19
1:30pm – 3:30pm

Staff Subcommittee on Education and Research
Subcommittee on Education and Research

Room: Symphony IV

OPEN

Twin Cities Afternoon Recharge

Sunday, July 19
2:30pm – 2:45pm

Room: Grand Ballroom Foyer

OPEN

Sunday, July 19
2:45pm – 3:45pm

Select Committee on Regulatory and Industry Diversity

Room: Rochester

OPEN

Sunday, July 19
2:45pm – 3:45pm

Staff Subcommittee on Coal and Carbon Innovation
Subcommittee on Coal and Carbon Innovation

Room: Duluth

OPEN

Sunday, July 19
2:45pm – 3:45pm

Staff Subcommittee on Nuclear Energy
Subcommittee on Nuclear Energy

Room: Grand E

OPEN

Twin Cities Afternoon Recharge

Sunday, July 19
3:45pm – 4:00pm

Room: Grand Ballroom Foyer

OPEN

Sunday, July 19
4:00pm – 5:00pm

Committee on International Relations

Room: Marquette I-V

OPEN

Sunday, July 19
4:00pm – 5:00pm

Staff Subcommittee on Executive Management

Room: Grand G-F

CLOSED

Sunday, July 19
4:00pm – 5:00pm

Staff Subcommittee on Administrative Law Judges
Staff Subcommittee on Law

OPEN

Sunday, July 19
4:00pm – 5:00pm

Subcommittee on Pipeline Safety

Room: Duluth

CLOSED

About Weathering the Storm: Industry Response to Extreme Weather and High Impact Events

Sunday, July 19
4:00pm – 5:00pm

Committee on Critical Infrastructure
Staff Subcommittee on Critical Infrastructure
Staff Subcommittee on Electric Reliability and Resilience

Room: Grand E

OPEN

Unlocking Innovation: Making Tomorrow's Grid More Affordable

Sunday, July 19
4:00pm – 5:00pm

Committee on Consumers and the Public Interest

Room: Rochester

OPEN

North Star Networking Reception

Sunday, July 19
5:00pm – 6:00pm

Room: Grand Ballroom

OPEN

Monday, July 20

Registration Open

Monday, July 20
8:00am – 4:00pm

OPEN

Commission Chairs Council Breakfast

Monday, July 20
8:00am – 9:00am

CLOSED

North Star Morning Brew

Monday, July 20
8:30am – 9:00am

OPEN

Opening General Session

Monday, July 20
9:00am – 10:45am

OPEN

North Star Morning Brew

Monday, July 20
10:45am – 11:15am

OPEN

Business Meeting

Monday, July 20
11:15am – 12:15pm

Committee on Gas

OPEN

Business Meeting

Monday, July 20
11:15am – 12:15pm

Committee on Water
Staff Subcommittee on Water

OPEN

DER-stributed Data Centers

Monday, July 20
11:15am – 12:15pm

Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment

OPEN

Easy Rider(s): Friend or Foe to Affordability?

Monday, July 20
11:15am – 12:15pm

Committee on Consumers and the Public Interest
Committee on Electricity

OPEN

State Strategies for Broadband Affordability

Monday, July 20
11:15am – 12:15pm

Committee on Telecommunications

OPEN

Committee Chairs Luncheon

Monday, July 20
12:15pm – 1:45pm

CLOSED

Lunch on Your Own

Monday, July 20
12:15pm – 1:45pm

OPEN

AI Solutions: Helping Water Move from "React-and-Repair" to Predictive Maintenance

Monday, July 20
1:45pm – 2:45pm

Committee on Water

OPEN

All of the Above: Building an Affordable, Reliable Grid with Every Tool in the Toolbox

Monday, July 20
1:45pm – 2:45pm

Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment

OPEN

Business Meeting

Monday, July 20
1:45pm – 2:45pm

Committee on Electricity

OPEN

Gas-Electric Coordination and Permitting: Implementing GEAR Taskforce and NPC Study Recommendations

Monday, July 20
1:45pm – 2:45pm

Committee on Gas

OPEN

The State Role in Broadband Regulation

Monday, July 20
1:45pm – 2:45pm

Committee on Telecommunications

OPEN

Twin Cities Afternoon Recharge

Monday, July 20
2:45pm – 3:15pm

OPEN

Business Meeting

Monday, July 20
3:15pm – 4:15pm

Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment

OPEN

Business Meeting

Monday, July 20
3:15pm – 4:15pm

Committee on Telecommunications

OPEN

Love Is Blind... So Is Planning Transparency: NDAs in the Data Center Boom

Monday, July 20
3:15pm – 4:15pm

Committee on Electricity

OPEN

Natural Gas Storage: A Critical Tool for Reliability and Affordability

Monday, July 20
3:15pm – 4:15pm

Committee on Gas

OPEN

Water Scarcity and the Colorado River Basin

Monday, July 20
3:15pm – 4:15pm

Committee on Water

OPEN

Commissioner Emeritus Meeting

Monday, July 20
4:15pm – 5:15pm

CLOSED

MACRUC

Monday, July 20
4:15pm – 5:15pm

CLOSED

MARC

Monday, July 20
4:15pm – 5:15pm

CLOSED

NECPUC

Monday, July 20
4:15pm – 5:15pm

CLOSED

SEARUC

Monday, July 20
4:15pm – 5:15pm

CLOSED

Western

Monday, July 20
4:15pm – 5:15pm

CLOSED

Tuesday, July 21

Commissioner-Only Breakfast

Tuesday, July 21
7:30am – 8:45am

CLOSED

Registration Open

Tuesday, July 21
8:30am – 4:30pm

OPEN

North Star Morning Brew

Tuesday, July 21
8:30am – 9:00am

OPEN

General Session

Tuesday, July 21
9:00am – 10:30am

OPEN

North Star Morning Brew

Tuesday, July 21
10:30am – 11:00am

OPEN

Assessing Industry Readiness for the PFAS Drinking Water Deadline

Tuesday, July 21
11:00am – 12:00pm

Committee on Water

OPEN

Ensuring NG911 Operability in an all-IP World

Tuesday, July 21
11:00am – 12:00pm

Committee on Telecommunications

OPEN

Making the Grade - State's Roles in the Transformation of Transmission Planning

Tuesday, July 21
11:00am – 12:00pm

Committee on Electricity

OPEN

The Value of Natural Gas Hedging

Tuesday, July 21
11:00am – 12:00pm

Committee on Gas

OPEN

Unlocking VGI: A Multi-State Blueprint for (Electric) Vehicle-Grid Integration

Tuesday, July 21
11:00am – 12:00pm

Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment

OPEN

Lunch on Your Own

Tuesday, July 21
12:00pm – 1:30pm

OPEN

Building the Workforce of Tomorrow

Tuesday, July 21
1:30pm – 2:30pm

Committee on Gas

OPEN

Delivering Quality Water in Challenging Economic Times

Tuesday, July 21
1:30pm – 2:30pm

Committee on Water

OPEN

Redefining USF for a Broadband World

Tuesday, July 21
1:30pm – 2:30pm

Committee on Telecommunications

OPEN

TBD Joint Electricity and ERE

Tuesday, July 21
1:30pm – 2:30pm

Committee on Electricity
Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment

OPEN

Metro Twin Cities Afternoon Recharge

Tuesday, July 21
2:30pm – 3:00pm

OPEN

General Session

Tuesday, July 21
3:00pm – 4:30pm

OPEN

Wednesday, July 22

Registration Open

Wednesday, July 22
8:30am – 10:30am

OPEN

North Star Morning Brew

Wednesday, July 22
8:30am – 9:30am

OPEN

Closing General Session

Wednesday, July 22
9:00am – 10:30am

OPEN

NARUC Board of Directors Meeting

Wednesday, July 22
10:45am – 12:00pm

OPEN

Advanced HVAC Technology Research Facility Tour

Wednesday, July 22
1:00pm – 4:30pm

CLOSED

MISO Control Room Tour

Wednesday, July 22
1:30pm – 4:00pm

CLOSED