WELCOME!
The Institute of Public Utilities supports informed, effective, and efficient regulation of the infrastructure-intensive network industries providing essential utility services – electricity, natural gas, water, and telecommunications. We fulfill our mission by providing to the regulatory policy community integrative, interdisciplinary, and balanced educational programs and applied research on the institutions, theory, and practice of modern economic regulation. IPU takes a principled approach to regulation, an empirical approach to regulatory research, and a reasoned approach to structural and regulatory change.
The Institute was established in 1965 and operates as a unit of Michigan State University, a Big-Ten, world-grant 501(c)(3) institution. We are located on MSU’s beautiful East Lansing campus and affiliated with the College of Social Science, as well as a number of research centers. The Institute’s neutral analytical and instructional practice is informed by a broad spectrum of traditional and applied academic disciplines including the social sciences, law, business, engineering, and communications. IPU operates as an independent nonprofit educational and research unit of the university and is entirely self-supporting; contributions to the University help sustain Institute operations and research, and keep programs affordable.
Add your name to the contact list to receive information about upcoming program information. Registration to a program is not required. For more information, please contact IPU Director Dr. Janice Beecher (beecher@msu.edu) or IPU Support Staff (ipu@msu.edu).
UPCOMING IPU PROGRAMS
Register today for:
August 3-14.2009
51st
Annual Regulatory Studies Program - "Camp" [MSU]
September 28-30 .2009
Regulatory
and Ratemaking Fundamentals for Utility Personnel and Analysts [MSU]
September 30-October 2 .2009
7th
Commission Executive Management Forum [MSU]
September 28-October 2 .2009
14th
Advanced Regulatory Studies Program [MSU]
November 1-6.2009
37th
Annual Eastern NARUC Utility Rate School [Clearwater, FL]
January 30.2009
7th
Michigan Forum on Economic Regulatory Policy [MSU]
May 9-14.2010
31st
Annual Western NARUC Utility Rate School [San Diego, CA]
TBA
Regulatory Policy Conference
IPU arranges CLE and CPE credits for all educational programs; contact us for more information.
Please visit the IPU Program Calendar for more information and registration.
NARUC RECOGNIZES 50 YEARS OF CAMP!
