IPU RESOURCES AND LINKS

Commissions and Agencies

NARUC and Regulatory Commissions

• National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
• NARUC Meeting Presentations
• State Public Utility Commissions
• US Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
• US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
• Commission Staff Reports

Government Agencies

• US Department of Energy (DOE)
• US Energy Information Administration (EIA)
• US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• U.S. National Telecom and Information Administration (NTIA)
• US National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB)
• US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
• US Securities & Exchange Commission (SEC)
• US Department of Transportation (DOT)
• National Conference of State Legislatures (State Legislatures)
• State Ethics Agencies
• National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
• UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC)

Other Public, Private, and Academic Organizations

Associations and Utility Companies

• National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA)
• American Gas Association (AGA)
• American Public Power Association (APPA)
• American Water Works Association (AWWA)
• American Water Works Association Research Foundation (AWWARF)
• Edison Electric Institute (EEI)
• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI)
• National Association of Water Companies (NAWC)
• North American Electric Reliability Council
• The Utility Connection

International Organizations

• The World Bank's International Forum for Utility Regulation
• Office of Gas and Electricity Markets (UK)
• Warwick Business School (UK)
• Office of Telecommunications (UK)
• Office of Water (UK)
• Learning Initiatives on Reforms for Network Economies (Denmark)
• Energy Regulators Regional Association (Central and Eastern Europe)
• UK Competition Commission
• EU Commission - Competition

Centers and Institutes

• Center for Business and Regulation (Illinois)
• Center for Energy Economics (Texas)
• Center for Public Utilities (CPU, New Mexico State University)
• Center for Research in Regulated Utilities (CRRI, Rutgers University)
• Center for Underground Infrastructure Research and Education (University of Texas)
• Electricity Industry Center (Carnegie Mellon)
• Energy Center of Wisconsin
• Institute for Regulatory Policy Studies (Illinois State University)
• National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI)
• Power System Engineering Research Center (Cornell University)
• Purdue State Utility Forecasting Group (UK)
• Quello Center for Telecommunications Management and Law (MSU)
• Regulatory Assitance Project
• The Public Utility Research Center (PURC, University of Florida)
• Wisconsin Public Utility Institute (University of Wisconsin)
• Energy Institute at Haas (University of California at Berkeley)
• ASERTTI
• Penn Program on Regulation

Journals

• American Water Works Association Journal
• Competition and Regulation in Network Industries
• The Electricity Journal
• Electricity Policy
• Energy Policy
• Energy Economics
• Energy Strategy Review
• Utilities Policy
• EnergyBiz
• Public Utilities Fortnightly
• Network (Australian Competition and Consumer Commission)
• Chair Mangaement of Network Industries
• Journal of Regulation
• The Yale Journal on Regulation
• Regulation and Governance

Information and Data

Statistical Resources

• Economic Time Series Page
• Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Consumer Prices and Expenditures
• FCC Statistics of Communications Common Carriers
• Energy Information Administration, Annual Energy Review
• U.S. Census Bureau, Statistical Abstract of the United States
• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Drinking Water and Ground Water Statistics [pdf]
• U.S. CIA World Factbook
• U.N. Statistics
• Census Data on Utilities
• World Clock and Updating Statistics

Energy Markets

• US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission - Market Oversight
• LBL Current Energy [real time]
• PJM
• Midwest ISO
• New York ISO
• Midwest ISO Contour Map
• NYMEX - Natural Gas
• EIA Wholesale Markets
• Alternative Energy and Fuel Diversity
• DOE Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy
• DOE Distributed Resources
• EPRI Distributed Resources
• Center for Energy and Economic Development (CEED)
• American Wind Energy Association

Smart Grid

• DOE Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability
• The Smart Grid: An Introduction
• SmartGrid.gov
• SmartGrids.eu
• National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) Smart Grid website
• IEEE Smart Grid
• California Public Utilities Commission: California Smart Grid
• Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) Smart Grid Resource Center
• SmartGrid Consumer Collaborative
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Smart Grid
• PBS Nova ScienceNow: Smart Grid
• Smart Grid Information Clearinghouse (SGIC)
• Demand Response and Smart Grid Coalition (DRSG)
• Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC): The Smart Grid and Privacy
• Illinois Statewide Smart Grid Collaborative

Global Climate Change

• Duke University Center on Global Climate Change
• Pew Center on Global Climate Change
• University of Washington Climate Impacts Group
• U.S. Global Change Research Program
• USEPA Climate Change
• NOAA Global Climate Change
• World Bank Global Climate Change

Infrastructure Interdependency and Security

• Argonne National Lab Infrastructure Assurance Center
• Sandia National Laboratory
• George Mason Critical Infrastructure Protection Program
• North American Electric Reliability Council

Financial

• Yahoo Finance
• Electric Utilities
• Natural Gas Utilities
• Diversified Utilities
• Water Utilities
• Foreign Utilities
• Domestic Telecom
• Foreign Telecom
• Wireless
• CATV
• Google Finance
• Hoovers Company Research
• Dow Jones Utilities Average
• Financial Accounting Standards Board
• Government Accounting Standards Board
• Standard and Poor’s Corporate Rating Criteria (PDF)

Legal

• Thomas: Library of Congress
• Public Utility Home Page (Scott Rubin)
• Oyez U.S. Supreme Court multimedia
• FindLaw
• Lexis
• Law Offices of Scott Hempling

Tax Credits

• IRS: Energy Incentives in ARRA
• DOE: Residential Energy Efficiency Tax Credit
• ASE: Home and Vehicle Efficiency Tax Credits
• National Association of Home Builders: Energy Efficiency Tax Credit Facts

Glossaries by Sector

Telecommunications Industry

• Federal Communications Commission Glossary
• NCS Glossary of Telecommunications Terms
• Telecommunications Industry Association Glossary
• University of California, Santa Barbara, Communications Services
• Public Service Commission of West Virginia Unbundled Network Element Prices
• Timeline: Internet, Federal Govt, and Communications
• Telecom Law Monitor Resource Center

Electric Industry

• Energy Central Electric Power Industry Glossary
• Energy Information Administration Energy Glossary
• Michigan Public Service Commission Glossary of Terms on Electric Power Choice
• National Electrical Manufacturers Association
• Power Marketing Association Electricity Glossary
• World Nuclear Association Glossary
• SmarGrid.gov Smart Grid Glossary
• Smart Grid Acronyms

Gas Industry

• American Gas Association Glossary
• Precision Measurement Equipment Laboratories
• American Gas and Chemical Company, Ltd.
• Petroleum Communication Foundation
• California Gas Transmission

Energy Resources

• U.S. DOE List of Glossaries and Dictionaries
• U.S. DOE Glossary of Energy Terms
• U.S. DOE Glossary of Renewable Energy Terms
• Energy Information Administration's Renewable Energy Glossary of Terms
• Photovoltaic Industry Glossary of Energy Terms
• Renewable Resource Data Center Glossary of Solar Radiation Resource Terms
• Users Guide to Off Grid Energy Solutions Global Glossary (UK)
• American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy
• Consortium for Energy Efficiency
• Resources for the Future
• National Resources Defense Council
• Alliance to Save Energy (ASE)
• American Council for an Energy Efficient Economy (ACEEE)
• Center for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Technologies (CEERT)
• International Institute for Energy Conservation (IIEC)

Water Industry

• U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Drinking Water Glossary
• Water Utility Regulation Glossary of Terms [pdf]
• United Water, Glossary of Water Utility Regulation Terminology [pdf]
• United States Geological Survey Glossary
• Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona
• Center for Integrative Toxicology, MSU

Other

• Principles of Public Utility Rates by James C. Bonbright
• Regulated Utilities Manual A Service for Regulated Utilities [pdf]