HOME ABOUT NARUC OUR PROGRAMS COMMITTEES EVENTS RESOLUTIONS INDEX MYNARUC CAREER CENTER Go! POLICY & ADVOCACY About Policy & Advocacy Resolutions Congressional Advocacy Agency/Administration Advocacy Policy Team About Policy & Advocacy NARUC represents the interests of State public utility commissions before the three branches of the Federal government and the Independent Federal agencies. NARUC provides Members of Congress and their staff with: Association's position on issues being debated in the House or Senate Witnesses to testify before Congressional Committees Policy briefings to update and educate Senate and House staff. Additionally, NARUC files briefs and pleadings before the U.S. Supreme Court and other Federal courts in support of State utility commission interests. NARUC also provides the Executive Branch with policy proposals and works with the Departments on the formulation of regulatory policies. NARUC works closely with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), and the Nuclear Regulatory Commissioner (NRC), the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Federal Trade Commission to ensure the State perspective is considered in their proceedings. Latest Work Products NARUC Comments to FERC on the Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Electric Transmission (RM21-17) - October 12, 2021 PURPA Title II Compliance Manual 2.0 (July 2021) NARUC Letter Regarding Transmission Siting, Section 1005 “Energy Infrastructure” Discussion Draft - July 7, 2021 NARUC Letter Supporting S. Shaheen S. Murkowski CIAC Bill - June 9, 2021 Joint Letter to DOE Secretary Granholm re Dedicated NW Mgmt Office - May 3, 2021 NARUC Request for Rehearing to FERC on Order No. 2222-A regarding DER participation in the wholesale markets (RM18-9) - April 19, 2021 NARUC Comments to FERC on Climate Change, Extreme Weather Events and Electric Reliability (AD21-13) - April 15, 2021 ETC Designation Letter 98 Commissioners from 36 Jurisdictions - April 19, 2021 NARUC Written Ex Parte with all FCC Commissioners re Auction 904 Long Form Scrutiny - March 29, 2021 NARUC oral and written ex parte on Outages - March 10, 2021 2021 WaterSense Letter - March 3, 2021 Final Disconnect-Debt Collection Letter - March 1, 2021 NARUC Intervention in Mozilla Remand Appeal CPUC v FCC - February 24, 2021 NARUC OSW letter to FERC - February 11, 2021 NARUC Initial Comments on FCC Emergency Broadband Benefit Program - January 25, 2021 NARUC Wisconsin Amicus re bias charges - January 22, 2021 Letter to Biden-Harris Department of Energy Transition Team - January 4, 2021 Letter to Biden-Harris Department of Transportation Agency Review Team - December 16, 2020 Letter to Biden-Harris Telecommunications Transition Team - December 16, 2020 Letter to Congress RE: Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program - December 9, 2020 Letter to Congress RE: COVID-19 Relief - December 4, 2020 Letter to the Senate RE: Imagine a Day Without Water - October 21, 2020 Letter to the House RE: Imagine a Day Without Water - October 21, 2020 NARUC letter to FAA RE: Drone Resolution - September 24, 2020 NARUC-FCC Letter to Governors on ICS Rates - September 22, 2020 NARUC Initial Comments on Lifeline Petition to Pause Minimum Service Standard Increases - September 14, 2020 NARUC Reply Comments Detariffing Petition WC 20-71 - August 3, 2020 Letter RE: Eliminating the State ETC Designation Process - July 14, 2020 NARUC Opposes Provisions That Eliminate the State "ETC" Designation Process - July 14, 2020 NARUC Endorses S.4021 and opposing provision in similar bill (S.4201) - July 9, 2020 Letter to Senate Commerce RE: Importance of the ETC Designation Process - June 30, 2020 NARUC Supplement to the Record of the June 24th FCC Oversight Hearing - June 30, 2020 NARUC Initial Comments RE: Establishing a 5G Fund for Rural America - June 25, 2020 Letter supporting HR 7022 to President Trump - June 2, 2020 NARUC Ex Parte with Preston Wise on President's Letter to FCC to Revise RDOF Auction Procedures - June 2, 2020 NARUC Access to Network Outage Reporting System (“NORS”) and Disaster Information Reporting ("DIRS") Reply Comments - June 1, 2020 NARUC Letter to FCC to Revise RDOF Auction Procedures - June 1, 2020 NARUC-FCC Lifeline Letter to State Commissions - June 1, 2020 NARUC Letter Supporting HR 7022 to Congressional Leaders - May 29, 2020 RDOF Letter of Credit Written Ex Parte - January 22, 2020 6 GHz Ex Parte - January 9, 2020 NARUC Reply on Lifeline Petition to Pause Minimum Service Standards Increases FCC and NARUC Partner to Raise Awareness About Federal Lifeline Program 6 GHz Incumbent Stakeholder Letter AD16-16 RM19-15 - NARUC PURPA Comments 19 0314 Letter Re: The Water and Energy Research Integration Act of 2019 — H.R. 34 18 1207 Separations Joint Board Recommended Decision 18 1116 NARUC Request to Extend Challenge Window to March 2019 18 1112 NARUC Ex Parte re SEPARATIONS with Yvette Cage 18 1109 NARUC Ex Parte re SEPARATIONS with Travis Litman 18 1101 NARUC Ex Parte re NORS 18 1016 NARUC Reply IP CTS FNPRM Comments 18 0924 NARUC USAC Re-Nomination Sarah Freeman 18 0918 NARUC Ex Parte re Lifeline Separations PRE contacts 18 0827 Initial NARUC IP CTS FRNPM Comments 18 0911 NARUC Separations Reply Comments 18 0827 Initial NARUC Wireline Comments on Separations 18 0827 Reply NARUC Wireline Comments Natl Verifier 18 0810 Initial NARUC Wireline Comments on National Verifier 18 0622 NARUC Ex Parte on Numbering Resolution 18 0529 NARUC Ex Parte re Lifeline contacts Amy B 18 0406 Letter to FCC on BDAC Composition Kjellander Betkoski 18 0324 NARUC Reply Lifeline NPRM cmts 18 0221 NARUC Initial Lifeline NPRM cmts 18 0215 NARUC Nomination of NY PSC CMR SAYRE TO USF JB 18 0215 USAC Nomination Sarah Freeman NARUC NTIA Privacy Comments Letter in Internet Freedom Appeal Letter supporting the Sustainable Water Infrastructure Investment Act of 2018 - S. 3358 NARUC Initial Comments in Response to the FCC's Proposed Extension of the Freeze of Jurisdictional Separations Category Relationships and Cost Allocation Factors Letter to the Administration Urging the Appointment of State Utility Commissioners to Open Vacancies at FERC and Other Federal Agencies: Letter to Mr. Francis Brooke, Special Assistant to the President, Domestic Energy and Environmental Policy Letter to Mr. John DeStefano, Assistant to the President and Counselor to the President NARUC Notice of Ex Parte Communication in the Matter of Lifeline NARUC's Request for an Extension of the Comment Deadline for the USTelecom Petition for Forbearance Letter to U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Leadership Supporting the Voluntary Water Partnership for Distressed Communities Act Letter to U.S. Senate and U.S. House Committees on Natural Resources Regarding Disaster Preparedness in Puerto Rico and PREPA and PREC Joint NARUC/NEI/NWSC Letter to DOE Secretary Rick Perry Re: Nuclear Waste Fund Status Transparency NARUC’s Request for Rehearing/Clarification of FERC’s Energy Storage Order (Order No. 841; Docket No. RM16-23-000) Letter to U.S. Senate Leadership in Support of PURPA Reform NARUC, NEI, and NWSC Letter to DOE Secretary Perry and OMD Director Mulvaney to Express Opposition to Reinstatement of the Uranium Decommissioning and Decontamination Tax Testimony by Montana PSC Vice Chairman Travis Kavulla Before the U.S. House of Representatives Subcommittee on Energy in Support of the PURPA Modernization Act of 2017 (HR 4476) NARUC Pushes for PURPA Reform in Letter to FERC NARUC comments to USTR on Import Injury with Regard to Certain Crystalline Silicon Photovoltaic Cells (USTR-2017-0020) NARUC comments to FERC on DOE Grid Resiliency Pricing Rule NOPR (RM18-1) Joint Brief: State Response to Petition for Rehearing En Banc Inmate Calling Rates Letter to FCC on BDAC Composition NARUC Letter to the House Energy and Commerce Committee on the Nuclear Waste Policy Amendments Act of 2017 NARUC Initial Comments on the FCC Wireline "Preemption" Proceeding NARUC NEI NWSC Letter to the Administration Regarding the Uranium Enrichment Decontamination and Decommissioning Fund NARUC Commissioner O'Donnell letter to Representative Blackburn re: Nuclear Waste Hearing NARUC Initial Comments on Mobilitie Petition: ERRATA Final Resolutions Passed at the NARUC Winter 2017 Committee Meetings NARUC Comments to FERC on Storage and DER Aggregators (RM16-23/AD 16-20) Letter to House and Senate Leadership Encouraging Congress to Take Action to Stop Implementation of the Final Rule on Waters of the United States (WOTUS) NARUC vs FCC on the Lifeline Order NARUC Initial Lifeline Brief Letter to the Transition Team on the NARUC Role in Presidential Transition NARUC Letter to the Trump Transition Team on Telecommunications Issues NARUC Letter to the Trump Transition Team on Energy Issues NARUC et al. Response to Order to Show Cause to Stay Pending Litigation to Preserve Judicial Economy and the Efficient Resolution of Cases NARUC Ex Parte Seeking Clarification of Process to correct Carrier Submitted Data NARUC Nomination of Brise to the FCC’s Intergovernmental Advisory Committee Case no. 15-1461 Reply Brief of State and Local Petitioners Inmate Calling NARUC Protest at FERC Against Challenge to VT PURPA Rules (EL17-16) NARUC Ex Parte to FCC on Lifeline Waivers Final Resolutions Passed at the 128th NARUC Annual Meeting NARUC Comments to FERC on PURPA (AD16-16) Implementation Issues Under the Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (AD16-16-000) 15-4161 et al, Gobal Tel*Link, et al, vs. FCC (Appeal of the FCC’s preemptive Inmate Calling Order) Reply Brief of State and Local Petitioners NARUC Opposition To FCC Motion to Hold the Case In Abeyance NARUC Intervention to Oppose Request to Preempt MD PSC Community Solar Net Metering NARUC Notice of Written Ex Parte from the State Members of the FCC’s Federal State Joint Conference on Advanced Services on State Broadband Policy with Survey Attached Letter to Senate leadership urging Congress to Prioritize Investment in Water Infrastructure on the September 15, 2016 Observance of “Imagine a Day Without Water” Letter to House leadership urging Congress to prioritize investment in water infrastructure on the September 15, 2016 observance of “Imagine a Day Without Water” NARUC et al Petition for Stay of Inmate Calling Reconsideration Order Joint Reply Comments of the Western Coal Traffic League, American Public Power Association, Edison Electric Institute, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, and Freight Rail Customer Alliance NARUC Letter Request for Withdrawal of the Current Rule Defining Waters of the United States (WOTUS) or for Both the EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to Propose a Supplemental Rule Joint NARUC- Coal Shipper Reply Comments in STB EP733 Expediting Railroad Rate Cases NARUC Amicus Brief in Support of California PUC’s Use of Broadband Data Letter urging Congress take action to prevent implementation of the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers’ final rule redefining the “Waters of the United States” NARUC Comments to CFTC regarding RTO-ISO Order Proposed Amendment State/NARUC Opposition to FCC Motion to hold inmate calling appeal in abeyance NARUC Comment Letter in the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration’s Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines Rulemaking (PHMSA-2011-0023) Testimony: The Honorable Travis Kavulla, President, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on Behalf of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, Before the United States House of Representatives Committee on Energy and Commerce, Subcommittee on Energy and Power Joint Reply Comments of the Western Coal Traffic League, American Public Power Association, National Association ff Regulatory Utility Commissioners, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association, and Freight Rail Customer Alliance to the Supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking NARUC Reply Brief, Petitions for Review of an Order of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) State and Local Government Petitioners Petition for Review of Final Agency Action of the FCC NARUC Petition for Review of Lifeline Joint Comments of NARUC et al to the supplemental Notice of Proposed Rulemaking NARUC Letter to FERC Regarding Panelists for Competitive Transmission Technical Conference Letter to the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee calling for bipartisan consensus on FCC process reform legislation NARUC Extension Request Letter to Comment on PHMSA Docket No. PHMSA-2011-0023, Pipeline Safety: Safety of Gas Transmission and Gathering Pipelines Petitioner Brief Combined with Statutory Addendum for VoIP Access to Numbers Letter to the FCC in the Matter of Lifeline and Link Up Reform and Modernization Testimony: Commissioner Saari on "Pipeline Safety Reauthorization Legislation" NARUC Letter to the Senate Opposing King-Reid Amendment #3120 ABOUT NARUC NARUC History and Background NARUC Staff Regulatory Commissions NARUC Services to Members Submit a Calendar Item Past NARUC Presidents Update your NARUC member profile Employment Opportunities Board of Directors Executive Committee NEWS LinkedIn Press Releases YouTube OUR PROGRAMS Overview Policy and Advocacy Center for Partnerships & Innovation NARUC International Meetings and Events NRRI Federal Government Collaboratives National Telephone Discount Lifeline Awareness Week Resources POLICY AND ADVOCACY About Policy & Advocacy Resolutions Congressional Advocacy Agency/Administration Advocacy Policy Team COMMITTEES Committees Overview Executive Committee Committee on Water Committee on Telecommunications Committee on International Relations Committee on Gas Committee on 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