Events

RTI - Fundamentals of Utility Law - 2024


Monday, September 9 (7pm) - Monday, November 25, 2024 (8:30pm US/Eastern)

The registration period for this meeting has ended.



Fundamentals of Utility Law

Join Scott Hempling for Fundamentals of Utility Law, a weekly online course for decisionmakers and practitioners presented on 12 successive Monday evenings beginning September 9, 2024.

Course term: 12 weeks
Course dates: Monday evenings September 9 to November 25, 2024
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. EST
Total instruction: 18 hours (12 sessions of 1.5 hours each)

Registration is open through August 30, 2024. No late registrations will be accepted.

WHAT YOU WILL LEARN
• How to distinguish “monopolies” from “monopolizers”
• How to distinguish anticompetitive conduct from unearned advantage
• How to set rates without violating the U.S. Constitution
• The entire alphabet soup of ISOs, RTOs, IPPs, Transcos, CLECs, ILECs
• Why “deregulation” is a misnomer
• Why “transmission” now means regional transmission
• How FERC's wholesale competition efforts are changing how states do their jobs
• How the repeal of the PUHCA 1935 is reshuffling corporate and market structure
• Why 80-year-old regulatory statutes makes state-federal relations so awkward
• How climate change is affecting utility regulation
• How “public interest” could include environmental protection, stability, and civil rights
• Why some regulators are so much better at their jobs than others
Week 1 Regulation's Purposes, Dimensions, and Professions
Week 2 Market Structure I: Rights, Obligations and Powers of the Utility
Week 3 Market Structure II: Authorizing Competition in Monopoly Markets
Week 4 Market Structure III: Making Competition Effective
Week 5 Market Structure IV: Monitoring Competition
Week 6 Sales I: Ratemaking Under Statute and Constitution
Week 7 Sales II: Market-Based Rates
Week 8 Sales III: Undue Discrimination
Week 9 Sales IV: Retroactive Ratemaking, Mobile-Sierra Doctrine
Week 10 Corporate Structure, Mergers and Acquisitions
Week 11 Federal-State Jurisdictional Relationships I: Limits on Federal Action
Week 12 Federal-State Jurisdictional Relationships II: Limits on State Action

As with any learning experience, completing the assigned reading before class will dramatically increase the value of this course. You will receive a detailed syllabus and the second edition of Hempling’s book, Regulating Public Utility Performance: The Law of Market Structure, Pricing and Jurisdiction, upon registration.

Fees: Full NARUC Members $400; All others $600
Registration includes a copy of Regulating Public Utility Performance. Book orders will be fulfilled as soon as possible; early registration will ensure that you receive your book before the course begins.

Registration Fees:

These fees are available through 09/06/2024
Name Price Available To
NARUC Members $400.00   International Member
International Affiliate
Federal Member (Full)
Federal Member (Associate)
State Member (Full)
State Member (Associate)
Industry and All Others $600.00   Guest
NonMember
NARUC Staff $110.00   NARUC Staff


Cancellation and Other Policies:

Cancellations:
If you are unable to attend or secure a substitute from the same organization, cancellation must be submitted via email to btan@naruc.org. A refund less a 20% processing fee will be provided if the cancellation is received no later than one week prior to the start date of the course.

Substitutions:
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, please contact RTI Support at rtisupport@naruc.org or 202-898-2200, x4007

NARUC reserves the right to cancel or postpone courses in the unlikely event of insufficient enrollment or other unforeseen circumstances.

For more information please contact:

NARUC RTI Support
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Phone: (202) 898-2200 x4007
Fax: (202) 898-2213
Email: rtisupport@naruc.org