Event
How Public Utility Commissions Impact Your Electricity Service
Thursday, November 19, 2026
12:00 p.m.-1:30 p.m.
Webinar - Registration required
Catherine Stephens
301 405 9378
csteph5@umd.edu
https://www.nationalacademies.org/projects/CAST-PSSI-26-09/event/47409
This webinar will feature a discussion between current and former public utility commissioners. The conversation will explore what a public utility commissioner does as part of their job, and how their work affects the electricity system for its customers. Participants will include: Katie Dykes (Frm. Commissioner at CT Department of Energy and Environmental Protection), Ed Lodge (President of the Idaho Public Utilities Commission), Brandon Presley (Frm. MS Public Service Commissioner, Frm. President of NARUC), Ann Rendahl (Current NARUC President, Commissioner of Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission), in a conversation moderated by Heather Reams (Conexus Strategies).
This event is part of a webinar series leading up to the Jan. 13-14, 2027 National Academies workshop on Planning and Building the Electricity System of the Future.
