National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Formation 1889
Type Non-profit organization (trade association)
Headquarters 1101 Vermont Avenue, NW, Suite 200, Washington, D.C. 20005
President
 Robert Powelson
First Vice President
 John W. Betkoski, III
Second Vice President
 Ellen Nowak
Treasurer
 David E. Ziegner
Staff
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The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) is the national association representing the state public service commissioners who regulate essential utility services, including energy, telecommunications, and water. NARUC members are responsible for assuring reliable utility service at fair, just, and reasonable rates. Founded in 1889, the Association is a resource for its members and the regulatory community, providing a venue to set and influence public policy, share best practices, and foster solutions to improve regulation.

Each summer, NARUC holds committee meetings. Major issues in 2016 for regulatory commissioners are rate design and the EPA's Clean Power Plan. Rate design deals with the issue of how to charge (and pay) customers who generate their own electricity through means such as rooftop solar devices. Consumers whose homes or businesses have solar panels that generate power can typically sell back excess electricity to the power grid in a process called net metering.

The NARUC Board of Directors formally adopted the “Distributed Energy Resources Rate Design and Compensation” manual during NARUC’s annual meeting in La Quinta, California in November 2016. The manual was created as a guide for utility regulators in the process of implementing appropriate DER rate design and compensation policies.[1][2]

The president of NARCU is Robert Powelson, who was appointed in November 2016 to the position. He previously served as commissioner on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "NARUC Releases Final Distributed Energy Resources Manual". National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners. 2016-11-10. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  2. ↑ Rozens, Tracy (2016-11-16). "NARUC's rate design manual draws praise from utilities and solar groups". Daily Energy Insider. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
  3. ↑ "NARUC names Powelson of Pa. PUC as organization's new president". Daily Energy Insider. Washington, D.C. 2016-11-18. Retrieved 2016-11-28.
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