CLOSED — Closed to non-members (Commission members only)
OPEN — Open to all registrants
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Saturday, February 7
CLOSED Executive Committee |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN
Committee on Critical Infrastructure
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Separate registration required. Register During this interactive workshop, participants will delve into NARUC’s new Wildfire Workbook to learn about key issues like data-driven risk mapping, grid hardening trade-offs, and key cost-recovery considerations. Facilitated small group discussions will focus on identifying new and emerging wildfire issues and their potential for inclusion in the Workbook. |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Staff Subcommittee on Rate Design |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Staff Subcommittee on Telecommunications |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN
Staff Subcommittee on Electric Reliability and Resilience
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State commissions face the challenge of ensuring reliability and affordability amidst unprecedented load growth. Managed electric vehicle (EV) charging represents the single largest, fastest-growing, and most cost-effective source of flexible load available to grid operators today. By aggregating EVs into Virtual Power Plants (VPPs), utilities can harness existing customer-owned assets to provide significant grid services, defer costly infrastructure upgrades, and lower costs for all ratepayers. This session will provide practical insights into the value of managed charging. Attendees will leave with an understanding of how to unlock this resource to meet pressing policy and regulatory objectives. This session will equip attendees with the information needed to quantify the value of managed charging, evaluate utility proposals, design effective policies, and leverage managed charging as a core strategy for enhancing reliability, ensuring resource adequacy, and improving affordability SPEAKERS:
Poorani Ramachandran
Director, Office of Technical and Regulatory Analysis (MODERATOR) Public Service Commission, District of Columbia |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Staff Subcommittee on Accounting and Finance |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Staff Subcommittee on Information Services |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Staff Subcommittee of Public Information Officers |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Staff Subcommittee on Consumers and the Public Interest |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Staff Subcommittee on Telecommunications |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Staff Subcommittee on Energy Resources and the Environment |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Staff Subcommittee on Gas |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Staff Subcommittee on Regulatory and Industry Diversity |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Staff Subcommittee on Electricity |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN
Staff Subcommittee on Education and Research
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Welcome & Roll Call Approval of July 23, 2025 Minutes Updates
Spring 2026 Commission Staff Scholarships Applications for Support of an Event Any Other Business SPEAKERS:
Hon. Lea Marquez Peterson
(MODERATOR) Arizona
Donn English
Co-Chair, Staff Subcommittee on Education and Research Manager, Accounting & Finance, Idaho Public Utilities Commission
Erin Hammel
Senior Director, Professional Development NARUC
Danielle Sass Byrnett
Senior Director, Ctr for Partnerships & Innovation NARUC |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN |
Electricity demand is increasing due to growth from data centers, manufacturing, and transportation electrification. By mid-century, transportation is expected to overtake data centers as load requiring electricity. Fortunately, transportation electrification is the most flexible type of demand contributing to load growth because charging can occur at different times and locations across a wide range of vehicle types. Additionally, electric vehicle (EV) adoption is increasingly becoming more predictable. Because EV charging can be shifted to periods when the grid has spare capacity, it can improve load factors and reduce the need for the highest cost grid infrastructure investments even while other loads are growing. Tapping into vehicle charging flexibility can support affordability both in lowering overall costs required to expand and operate the grid and in reducing household expenses for customers that drive EVs. In this workshop, participants will work with experts and each other to document practical approaches and examples for using flexibility from EVs to help support affordability. Objectives of the workshop include identifying opportunities and barriers to the increased use of EVs as flexible resources, highlighting real-world examples of utilizing EVs for flexibility, and developing key takeaways informed through participant discussions. Registrants are expected to attend the entire workshop, as materials and discussions will build toward the final outputs. Registration is open to all Winter Policy Summit attendees, but separate registration is required in advance. Space is limited; NARUC members will have priority for seats. |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN
Staff Subcommittee on Coal and Carbon Innovation
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Select Committee on Regulatory and Industry Diversity |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN
Staff Subcommittee on Nuclear Energy
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Staff Subcommittee on Water |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Committee on International Relations |
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Sunday, February 8
CLOSED
Staff Subcommittee on Pipeline Safety
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Sunday, February 8
CLOSED Staff Subcommittee on Executive Management |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Staff Subcommittee on Law |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Committee on Consumers and the Public Interest |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN Committee on Critical Infrastructure |
FBI led unclassified threat brief highlighting emerging phsyical and cybersecurity threats to critical infrastructure with federal and state homeland security implications. SPEAKERS:
Garris Ference
Intelligence Analyst, Counterintelligence Division FBI |
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Sunday, February 8
OPEN |
Wear Your Fave Team’s Jersey! |
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Monday, February 9
CLOSED |
(Commission Chairs Only) |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN |
Advanced digital technologies are the backbone of today’s power grid and other essential service industries. Yet these same technologies can expose operators to cyberattacks that have the potential to impact service delivery. This session explores the critical role cybersecurity plays in mitigating cyber threats, and strengthening defenses. |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN Committee on Telecommunications |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN Committee on Water |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN Committee on Gas |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment |
The panel will show the versatility of DER, and explain how DER can be so much more than what it is stereotyped as. This panel will present 3-4 case studies that highlight the successful implementation of DER in a unique manner to solve grid challenges. In presenting their case studies, panelists will describe the DER solution, and detail what grid issue their DER solution was addressing, why traditional solutions could not solve the problem, the cost of the DER solution, and how the utility/regulator determined that the DER solution was successful/solved the grid challenges. |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN Committee on Electricity |
Electricity customers across the country are facing sharp increases in their bills, with recent consumer cost increases (5.5% over the last 12 months) well outpacing inflation. These pressures strain household budgets—particularly for low-income families—and raise risks for U.S. competitiveness and national security, as electricity-intensive sectors such as Artificial Intelligence, data centers, manufacturing, and defense expand rapidly. While surging demand from data centers has grabbed headlines as a primary cause of rising costs, the reality is more complex. Additional cost drivers like infrastructure and supply chain delays, inefficient investments, and more, must also be understood by regulators to devise effective responses. This session will spotlight real customers from multiple segments who will identify key drivers of rising costs, explain how those increases impact key sectors like technology, manufacturing, retail, and agriculture, and share thoughts on potential responses. SPEAKERS:
Hon. Kelsey Bagot
(MODERATOR) Virginia State Corporation Commission |
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Monday, February 9
CLOSED |
(Invitees Only) |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN Committee on Telecommunications |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN Committee on Water |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN Committee on Electricity |
SPEAKERS:
Hon. John Hammond
(MODERATOR) Idaho |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment |
This panel will discuss three of the barriers that are holding DER back from reaching its full potential: Interconnection processes, Utility compensation, and limited Customer Value for both participants and non-participants (e.g., can DER solutions provide reduced utility costs, leading to lower customer costs). |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN Committee on Gas |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN Committee on Water |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN Committee on Electricity |
Last summer, Texas and California proved that grid-scale battery storage can cost-effectively tackle rising peak demand even using strikingly different energy policies and market structures. Storage helped ERCOT avoid blackouts and calls for conservation, and enabled California to export power. While half of U.S. storage in the queue targets deployment by 2026, most is in the West. Deployment in the Eastern Interconnection lags dues to interconnection delays, procurement bias, market design flaws, and outdated planning approaches. A few states show progress, but the region is far from reaping the full benefits of storage. This panel will explore barriers to storage deployment in PJM, MISO, SPP, and the Southeast, and present actionable solutions –from improved procurement methods to policy reforms – that Commissions can leverage to accelerate deployment, enhance grid resilience, and unlock the full value of storage for customers. SPEAKERS:
Hon. Katherine Peretick
(MODERATOR) Michigan Public Service Commission |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN Committee on Telecommunications |
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Monday, February 9
OPEN Committee on Gas |
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Monday, February 9
CLOSED |
(Commission Staff Only) |
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Monday, February 9
CLOSED |
(Commissioner Emeritus Only) |
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Monday, February 9
CLOSED |
(Invitees Only) |
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Monday, February 9
CLOSED |
(Invitees Only) |
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Monday, February 9
CLOSED |
(Invitees Only) |
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Monday, February 9
CLOSED |
(Invitees Only) |
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Monday, February 9
CLOSED |
(Invitees Only) |
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Tuesday, February 10
CLOSED |
(Commissioners Only) |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN |
The efficient buildout of all critical infrastructure is key to meeting the urgent demands of a growing economy, achieving security, and bolstering resilience. This session will explore systemic barriers within current U.S. infrastructure permitting processes, which can lead to multi-year delays, increased costs, and stalled projects. Can we find the “sweet spot,” where needed infrastructure is permitted in a timely fashion, without compromising essential environmental, community and due process safeguards? Presenters will discuss the challenge, along with their reform wish lists and best practices in infrastructure permitting. |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN Committee on Electricity |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN Committee on Telecommunications |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN Committee on Water |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN Committee on Gas |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment |
This panel will be a debate between two lively, yet to be identified, speakers who will take either side of the argument about whether AI tools can fulfill the promise of unlocking the efficient use of existing utility infrastructure, reducing utility management costs, and optimizing the energy system to generate savings on behalf of customers, or whether those benefits will be outweighed by the costs of infrastructure investment and resources necessary to support these new large loads. |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN Committee on Telecommunications |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN Committee on Water |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN Committee on Gas |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN Committee on Electricity |
Electric utilities face simultaneous pressures — rising demand, aging infrastructure, budget limits, clean energy mandates, and workforce shortages — all while maintaining high reliability expectations. To succeed under these constraints, leaders must invest in integrated, high-impact technologies that deliver multiple benefits at once: Advanced Grid Management – Enhanced SCADA and self-healing networks to improve reliability and reduce costs; Data-Driven Asset Optimization – Monitoring and predictive maintenance extend equipment life and prevent outages; DER & Microgrid Integration – DERMS, VPPs, and microgrids boost flexibility and resilience; Energy Storage – Batteries and storage to support renewables, stabilize the grid, and lower peak costs; Demand-Side Flexibility – Smart devices, dynamic pricing, and DR ease grid strain without major infrastructure upgrades. SPEAKERS:
Hon. Erik Helland
(MODERATOR) Iowa |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN |
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Tuesday, February 10
OPEN |
From hurricanes to wildfires, extreme events test the resilience of critical infrastructure. These emergencies demand more than technical expertise; they require cooperation across sectors. This session examines how essential service providers and public officials overcome silos to share resources, prioritize restoration, and communicate effectively under pressure. |
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Wednesday, February 11
OPEN |
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Wednesday, February 11
OPEN |
Electricity, gas, and water investment needs are rising while household budgets are not. Regulators are increasingly facing complex decisions about balancing these system needs with customer affordability. This session unpacks the trends and drivers of affordability challenges across sectors and explores what it means to customers. National experts will share current data and tools to identify and ease affordability stress. |
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Wednesday, February 11
OPEN |
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