This month’s portrait put together by the PUF team provides the backstory on NARUC’s leader for the November 2021 – November 2022 term.

The President and CEO of Arizona Public Service, Jeff Guldner, and also of Pinnacle West Capital, detailed for us his philosophy, priorities, and progress to date and what he expects over the next year and beyond.

The COO of Eversource Energy, Werner Schweiger, told us how he and his team see this new year unfolding and what they intend to accomplish, with Guidehouse’s Michelle Fay sharing the questioning with PUF’s Steve Mitnick.

Kansas CC's Kansas Energy Division's biggest educational success story to date has been the Kansas KidWind Challenge.

“We are one of the few states that offers existing and prospective motor carriers the opportunity to attend a free safety seminar to learn about the rules and regulations.”

“To accomplish efficient recovery, states developed legal concepts like spacing, or how far apart you can drill wells, and production allowables, which is how much oil or gas an operator can produce from a single well. These concepts all tie into the term, conservation.”

“We would love to see the inter-regional transmission issues resolved between SPP and the other regions, so we could export some of this captive, renewable energy we have.”

“Through our Conservation Division, the Commission regulates the oil and gas industry. Kansas and Oklahoma are the only two states that regulate utilities and the oil and gas industry through the same agency.”

“The more routine business items come before the Commission twice weekly. The dockets include oil and gas production regulation, all facets of utility regulation, and commercial trucking regulation.”

"The Kansas Commission doesn’t use hearing officers or ALJs. We hold our own hearings. By custom, the Chair of the Commission also presides over hearings and at our business meetings."