People In Power

"Social media and technology have brought an awareness to Iowans that they can participate in this regulatory process."

The PUF team traveled to Des Moines, Iowa, the home of the Iowa Utilities Board, which got its start in 1878 as the Iowa Board of Railroad Commissioners, and later the Iowa State Commerce Commission.

"I grew up in Saskatchewan. I remember when electricity came in. It made a fairly big blitz across most of the province."

"It’s all home delivered oil. Water is home delivered, and sewage is trucked out. You can’t bury utilities deep enough to not freeze."

"Most of our hearings are written. They’re done according to documents. We very seldom have oral hearings."

Check out interviews with western and northern Canadian regulators.

A conversation with Utah State Rep. Stephen Handy and Washington State Rep. Jeff Morris.

S. Carolina State Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter: "When you talk about these autonomous vehicles, you are talking about a real change in the landscape, an idea whose time has come, whether we want it or not."

Florida State Senator Jeff Brandes: "We want to gain from Columbus what’s working, what isn’t working, how the partnerships are developing, and what we can take home."

"This is, at heart, a research project trying to picture one possible future of what the grid might look like."