The Power Walk: A NARUC Podcast

by Regina Davis

The Power Walk is a podcast dedicated to discussing what matters to everyone who regulates, provides, or depends on our public utilities. The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) is a non-profit organization founded in 1889 dedicated to representing state public service commissions who are responsible for regulating the utility companies that provide essential services such as energy, telecommunicat ...   ...  Read more
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Podcast episodes

  • Season 3

  • Regulators & Wildfires

    Regulators & Wildfires

    S03 E01
    26:31

    Commissioner Ann Rendahl, of the Washington Utilities & Transportation Commission, discusses the issues surrounding wildfires and the impact on regulators, communities, and utilities. She outlines the three-part webinar series hosted by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners that she moderates and the reasons why regulators in all regions of the country need to pay attention to the wildfire issue. Aside from the direct effects experienced by those in states with wildfires, there are consequences for other states as well.

  • Season 2

  • Electrifying Equity

    Electrifying Equity

    S02 E02
    18:00

    Virginia State Corporation Commission Chair Judge Jehmal Hudson, chair of the NARUC Select Committee on Regulatory and Industry Diversity, discusses equity issues with Digital Equity Research Center Founder and Director, Dr. Colin Rhinesmith.

  • EnerKnol Interview: Shahid Mahdi

    EnerKnol Interview: Shahid Mahdi

    S02 E01
    27:47

    Speaker: Shahid Mahdi, Product Manager at EnerKnol EnerKnol is a market leader in energy intelligence. Its signature product is the EnerKnol Platform, a comprehensive software solution that aggregates all public regulatory legal and investment information within the energy, ESG, climate, and environment space and consolidates it into one centralized software solution. The platform contains 600+ public domain agencies worth of filings, which top out at around 40 million. Topic: Current use cases for the platform by utilities and public service commissions. The platform's ability to enable stakeholders to stay abreast of regulatory policies. Also discussed is EnerKnol's role in helping users to better understand cybersecurity and energy infrastructure threats and vulnerabilities.

  • Season 1

  • The Poverty Simulation: Part Two

    The Poverty Simulation: Part Two

    S01 E04
    16:54

    In Part Two of our discussion on Consumers and Poverty, we chat with Commissioner Maida Coleman of the Missouri Public Service Commission, who shares insights on NARUC's Poverty Simulation: an in-person activity that helps participants experience and better understand what it's like to live in poverty. As the past chair of the Association's Committee on Consumers and the Public Interest, Commissioner Coleman also describes key consumer-focused priorities.

  • The Poverty Simulation: Part One

    The Poverty Simulation: Part One

    S01 E03
    29:42

    In this first installment of a two-part discussion, Commissioner Odogwu Obi Linton, of the Maryland Public Service Commission, discusses the NARUC Poverty Simulation. This activity helps participants better understand the challenges faced by people, such as utility customers, who must navigate a variety of often complex circumstances for daily survival. As chair of the NARUC Committee on Consumers and The Public Interest, he also provides some insights on current consumer issues.