NARUC
Moderator Jehmal Hudson is NARUC First VP and a Commissioner for the Virginia State Corporation Commission. David Veleta is a Commissioner for the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission. Chris Ayers is Public Staff Executive Director at the North Carolina Utilities Commission. Nick Elliot is Senior Policy Advisor at the White House Office of Energy Dominance. Jose Esparza is SVP Public Policy at APS. Briana Kobor is Head of Energy Market Innovation at Google. Lakin Garth is Emerging Technologies Director at the Smart Electric Power Alliance.
In response to concerns about new large loads and the impacts they may have on electric system resource adequacy, reliability, and affordability, state utility regulators are adopting tariffs and rules focused on large loads, including rate designs tailored to serve high-demand customers while managing cost, reliability, and infrastructure needs.
This Demand Roundtable on Large Load Tariffs reviewed real-world experiences with large load tariffs across states, highlighting key metrics and transparency practices regulators can use to assess and develop effective large load tariffs and review their value.
Included were moderator, NARUC First VP and Virginia Commissioner Jehmal Hudson, Indiana Commissioner David Veleta, North Carolina Utilities Commission Public Staff Executive Director Chris Ayers, White House Office of Energy Dominance Senior Policy Advisor Nick Elliot, APS SVP Public Policy Jose Esparza, Google Head of Energy Market Innovation Briana Kobor, and Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) Emerging Technologies Director Lakin Garth.
Moderator and NARUC First VP Jehmal Hudson: The goal today is to have depth, candor, and real engagement. I'm confident that the conversation is going to be just as impactful even though we don't have a larger panel like in the past. I'm going to take advantage of the setting and ask what perspective do you bring to this discussion when it comes to large loads?