17^th Annual Kickoff Forum

In Collaboration with 6 NARUC Staff Subcommittees: Electricity; Energy Resources & the Environment; Consumers & the Public Interest; Critical Infrastructure; Electric Reliability & Resilience; and Rate Design

Common Ground on Grid Investment & Customer Value: Powering the Future Amid Growing Economic, Political & Public Pressure

Sunday, November 8, 2026

Networking Breakfast: 8:30-9:30 am AST

Program: 9:30-11:15 am AST

Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel ♦ San Juan, Puerto Rico

Register: CCIF2026Kickoff.eventbrite.com

Description.  In collaboration with 6 NARUC Staff Subcommittees, the Critical Consumer Issues Forum (CCIF) Kickoff Forum will feature state commissioners, consumer advocates, and electric company representatives and provide a foundation for the collaborative process to follow on CCIF’s new energy topic.

Registration. Please register here. While no charge to participate, seating is limited, and a separate registration with CCIF is required. See registrant list here (updated periodically – not automatically).

Hotel Accommodations. CCIF registrants are responsible for making their own hotel reservations. No CCIF room block is available. However, for those also registering for the NARUC 2026 Annual Meeting & Education Conference, you may reserve a room at the Sheraton Puerto Rico Hotel (or overflow hotels) following such NARUC registration using the NARUC housing link provided.

Limited Stipends/Reimbursement for 1-Night Hotel.  Participating state commissioners and consumer advocates may request consideration for a limited number of stipends from Edison Electric Institute (EEI) for reimbursement of 1-night hotel room and tax charges (up to the NARUC conference rate). Please indicate interest in such a stipend during registration to prompt a process to determine eligibility for reimbursement by EEI in light of any applicable ethics policies, rules, statutes, or other limitations.

Agenda.  The program is under development but will begin by 9:30 am AST and end by 11:15 am AST, with a 1-hour networking breakfast (optional hot buffet funded by EEI) prior (8:30-9:30 am AST). The agenda and other materials will be posted to the CCIF website and distributed to all registrants as available (in advance of the event).

Promoted By*:

*The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) and the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) are promoters of the CCIF 2026 Kickoff Forum.

This event is funded by EEI. It is not sponsored by NARUC or NASUCA.

About CCIF. The Critical Consumer Issues Forum (CCIF) is an initiative that brings together three core groups–state utility commissioners, consumer advocates, and electric company representatives–for collaboration, candid dialogue, and consensus-building on a range of energy topics (navigating the regulatory landscape; supporting customers through times of crisis; clean energy transition; resilience; electric transportation; rate design; demand growth; risk management; resource adequacy; etc.).

For More Info. Contact Katrina McMurrian, CCIF Executive Director, at katrina@CCIForum.com.  To ensure you receive emails about CCIF events, reports, and related info, sign up here.