January 11, 2025

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)

Conn. Officials Talk State Policy, Wider Trends
Connecticut officials shared their musings on a range of subjects, including the state’s energy policy, regulatory woes and China’s approach to siting nuclear plants.
PSEG Head Confident Nukes Will Get Support
PSEG CEO Ralph Izzo expressed confidence that the company’s five nuclear power plants will receive subsidies through New Jersey legislation.
Overheard at NARUC Winter Policy Meetings
Resilience, pipelines and PURPA topped the discussions at the National Association of Regulatory Commissioners’ (NARUC) winter meetings.
Expert Sees ‘Extreme Uptick’ in Cyber Attacks on Utilities
Dragos CEO Robert M. Lee told NARUC that hackers targeting the U.S. electric industry are growing more numerous and more skilled.
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NARUC Calls for PURPA Reforms, Outlines Proposed Changes
NARUC called on FERC to change its interpretation of the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act to “align” the 1978 law “with modern realities.”
NARUC Panelists See Need to Define, Price Resiliency
Panelists discussing the DOE NOPR on grid resiliency at the NARUC Annual Meeting agreed that energy markets should put a price on what the grid needs.
Overheard at NARUC, NASUCA Annual Meetings
More than 1,300 regulators and other stakeholders attended the NARUC Annual Meeting in Baltimore while over 200 attended the NASUCA annual meeting.
No End Seen to State-Federal Tensions
Speakers at last week's NARUC Annual Meeting agreed that state-federal tension over electricity policy is likely to continue.
DOE, Pugliese Press ‘Baseload’ Rescue at NARUC
Department of Energy officials traveled to Baltimore to make their case for coal and nuclear price supports at the NARUC Annual Meeting.
Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
NARUC Head Seeks Open NEPOOL; Water-Energy Focus
NARUC President John W. “Jack” Betkoski III called for more transparency at the NEPOOL and said he plans to focus his tenure on the “water-energy nexus.”

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