Events

Rachel Bryant will take the helm at Public Utilities Fortnightly starting with February’s issue. For PUF’s next voyage, this proud boat could not be in better hands.

The National Association of State Energy Officials convened a community of energy and environment officials in Nashville in late October.

The National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates held its 2025 Annual Meeting in Seattle during the NARUC Annual Meeting and Education Conference, which allowed for ease of sharing the important voices in utility regulation.

“These award winners earned recognition for developing innovative and transformational solutions to some of today’s most challenging operational issues that have achieved success by demonstrating measurable results.”

“Our impact is greater when we work together to find the best outcomes possible. That is why I gravitated toward a three-year theme, alongside President Rendahl and First Vice President Hudson.”

“I plan to focus on cooperation among regulators, utilities, and federal partners. I hope to explore how we can take all we’ve learned from pilot programs and past modernization efforts and affordability initiatives. I want us to turn these lessons into action.”

“Uniting Regulators and Harmonizing Impact is not about uniformity, it’s about coordination and strategic alignment, so we can achieve important goals like resource adequacy and affordability by working effectively together.”

Conversations with NARUC President and Washington Commissioner Ann Rendahl, First Vice President and Virginia Commissioner Jehmal Hudson, and Second Vice President and Minnesota Chair Katie Sieben with PUF Senior Advisor Paul Kjellander, former NARUC and Idaho Commission President.

The Annual Meeting showcased all the hard work NARUC has done this past year on a wide range of topics from wildfire to data center loads to DER interconnections and much more.

The NARUC 2025 Annual Meeting and Education Conference was held November 9 – 12 in Seattle, with the theme of Let There Be Light. The Annual Meeting is NARUC’s capstone event that featured a year-end summary from NARUC President Tricia Pridemore, with seminal topics across each utility sector, and highlighted the installation of new leadership.