NARUC Annual Meeting
Paul Kjellander is incoming NARUC President.
The National Association of Utility State Regulators held its 2020 Annual Meeting in November. Outgoing NARUC President Brandon Presley presided over a most unusual year.
Incoming NARUC President Paul Kjellander of Idaho gave his vision for NARUC in 2021, a first of its kind, multi-year plan on innovation, agreed to by the triumvirate taking the reins.
Of course, there was more, as the prestigious Terry Barnich award was given to New York Commissioner Diane Burman. Then FERC's Chair Neil Chatterjee took center stage, always a welcome guest at NARUC, of course virtually.
Paul Kjellander: Traditionally, these presidential acceptance speeches have been a launching pad to unveil the path for the coming year. Generally, it's been a focused theme that creates a couple of task forces, generates several resolutions, and somehow culminates in successfully and miraculously cramming all the president's goals and objectives into a single year. There's been nothing wrong with this approach. But given the extraordinary circumstances we find ourselves in, we've decided to take a different path.