Fundamentals of Utility Law - Sep 2025Tuesday, September 9 (7pm) - Tuesday, November 25, 2025 (8:30pm US/Eastern) |
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Fundamentals of Utility Law
Join Scott Hempling for Fundamentals of Utility Law, a weekly online course for decisionmakers and practitioners presented on 12 successive Tuesday evenings beginning September 9, 2025.
Course term: 12 weeks
Course dates: Tuesday evenings September 9 to November 25, 2025
Time: 7:00 to 8:30 p.m. EST
Total instruction: 18 hours (12 sessions of 1.5 hours each)
Registration is open until 5:00 PM ET September 5, 2025. 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: NARUC Members: $500
International, Federal, State Agency / Consumer Advocate / Academia: $700
All Others: $900
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 09/09/2025 |
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| Name | Price | Available To |
| Dues Paying Members / Associate & Federal Members | $500.00 |
International Member Federal Member (Full) Federal Member (Associate) State Member (Full) |
| State, Federal, and International Agencies / NASUCA Members / Academia | $700.00 |
International Affiliate Academia-Users Consumer-Advocate-Users OTH-ST-LOC-USERS |
| All Others | $900.00 |
Guest NonMember |
| NARUC Staff | $110.00 |
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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 a NPD 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 NPD Support at npdsupport@naruc.org or 202-898-2200.
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 Professional Development SupportNational Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
Phone: (202) 898-2200
Fax: (202) 898-2213
Email: npdsupport@naruc.org