Fortnightly Magazine - December 2025

Conversations with NARUC President and Washington Commissioner Ann Rendahl, First Vice President and Virginia Commissioner Jehmal Hudson, and Second Vice President and Minnesota Chair Katie Sieben with PUF Senior Advisor Paul Kjellander, former NARUC and Idaho Commission President.

“I plan to focus on cooperation among regulators, utilities, and federal partners. I hope to explore how we can take all we’ve learned from pilot programs and past modernization efforts and affordability initiatives. I want us to turn these lessons into action.”

“Where nuclear shines and utilities are uniquely positioned to provide insight is total system cost where microreactors win. They look expensive on an individual project basis, but in the context of needing to run a new natural gas pipeline or build a new transmission line, they make sense.”

“The U.S. grid has around 1,200 GW of installed capacity. Of that, about 750 GW are available at peak, and roughly 300 GW serve HVAC load. That means 40% of our electric capacity exists to support something that peaks only a few days each year.”