NARUC's Regulatory Training Initiative (RTI) provides live online and pre-recorded training courses to regulators, commission staff, and stakeholders to increase their knowledge of regulatory issues and processes. The courses focus on the principles of regulation, as well the key skills required to participate in regulatory proceedings, including regulatory accounting and finance, cost-benefit analysis, and the fundamentals of utility law. The curriculum also includes emerging issues and policies in utility regulation, and introductions to new and emerging technologies and requirements affecting electricity, water, gas, and telecommunications. Courses range in length from 6 hours to 18 hours and are accessed remotely via Zoom. Students are encouraged to ask questions and propose new subjects and instructors to help the initiative grow and expand.
If you cannot attend an RTI class, you may substitute an individual from the same organization. The substitution must be made one week prior to the course. The substitute must have a profile in the system. Click this link to create a profile in MatrixMaxx; https://www.naruc.org/mynaruc/. For assistance, email npdsupport@naruc.org.
If you are unable to attend or secure a substitute from the same organization, a cancellation request must be submitted via email to Bunnary Tan @ btan@naruc.org. A refund less a 20% processing fee will be provided if the cancellation is received no later than 7 business days prior to the start date of the course.
NARUC reserves the right to cancel or postpone courses in the unlikely event of insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances.
Please email questions to npdsupport@naruc.org
Registration for Live Online Courses ends at 5:00 PM ET on the day before the first class.
April 14, 15, 16, 2025. 1:30 – 4:00 PM Each Day
This 3-day, 7.5 hour online, interactive course provides an introduction to the way electricity is generated, transmitted, and regulated. Taught by instructors from the Western Energy Institute, Fundamentals of Electricity will provide students with an understanding of the the technical and business issues affecting the energy industry, as well as the interplay among utilities, shareholders, and public utility commissions. Topics include generation, transmission, electricity markets, distributed energy resources, and emerging issues.
Fees: $225 full NARUC Members; $425 all others
This 3 day/6 hour live course covers the essentials of being a witness in an administrative proceeding, including preparing written and oral testimony, taking the witness stand, and responding to both direct and cross-examination. How to Be An Effective Witness is directed to all those who prepare, deliver, or review testimony in state regulatory proceedings. It reviews the institutional context of administrative agencies and how they implement their key purpose, the promotion of the public interest, through witness testimony. The course provides guidelines for writing sound and persuasive testimony and insights to the way in which commissioners, judges, and other “finders of fact” review and evaluate testimony.
On-demand courses must be pre-paid with a credit card. A “bill me option” is not available.
Purchase orders cannot be accepted. Each student must register separately. Group orders are not available. On-demand courses cannot be canceled or refunded.
Please email questions to npdsupport@naruc.org