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RESOURCES
COMMISSIONS AND AGENCIES
NARUC and Regulatory Commissions
- National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC)
- State Public Utility Commissions
- US Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
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)
- State Legislatures (National Conference of State Legislatures)
- State Ethics Agencies
- National Action Plan for Energy Efficiency
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
- World Bank International Directory of Utility Regulatory Institutions
- 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
- Office of Communications
- EU Commission - Competition
Centers and Institutes
- Quello Center for Telecommunications Management and Law (MSU)
- Center for Underground Infrastructure Research and Education (University of Texas)
- National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI)
- Center for Public Utilities (CPU, New Mexico State University)
- Center for Research in Regulated Utilities (CRRI, Rutgers University)
- The Public Utility Research Center (PURC, University of Florida)
- Power System Engineering Research Center (Cornell University)
- Centre for Management Under Regulation, Warwick Business School (UK)
- Purdue State Utility Forecasting Group (UK)
Commission Consultants
- Electricity and Natural Gas (WUTC compilation)
- Transportation, Water, Solid Waste (WUTC compilation)
- Telecommunications (WUTC compilation)
- Management (WUTC compilation)
INFORMATION AND DATA
Statistical Resources
- 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
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
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 Global Warming
- 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
Legal
- Thomas: Library of Congress
- Public Utility Home Page (Scott Rubin)
- Oyez U.S. Supreme Court multimedia
- FindLaw
- Lexis
- Law Offices of Scott Hempling
GLOSSARIES BY SECTOR
Telecommunications Industry
- Federal Communications Commission Glossary
- NCS Glossary of Telecommunications Terms
- Telecom Dictionary
- Telecommunications Industry Association Glossary
- University of California, Santa Barbara, Communications Services
- Public Service Commission of West Virginia Unbundled Network Element Prices
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
- North Pacific Training and Performance, Inc.
- Power Marketing Association Electricity Glossary
- World Nuclear Association Glossary
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)
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 Dictionary
- United States Geological Survey Glossary
- Water Resources Research Center, University of Arizona
- Center for Integrative Toxicology, MSU
ENERGY USE CALCULATORS
- Home Energy Saver Calculator
- San Diego Gas and Electric Home Energy Efficiency Survey
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company Home Energy Analyzer
- Entergy Louisiana Home Energy Calculator
- Entergy Louisiana Appliance Calculator
- Kyocera - Solar Energy Calculator
- Avista Utilities - Energy Usage Calculator
- Generic Electrical Energy Cost Calculator
- Santee Electric Cooperative, Inc. - Home Energy Use Calculator
- Chatham-Kent Energy - Energy Use Calculator
- US Department of Energy - Home Energy Saver
- Sempra Energy Utility - Energy Calculator
- Pacific Gas and Electric Company - Home Energy Analyzer
- Energy Right - Home e-Valuation
- East Central Energy - Home Energy Calculator
- Energy Guide
- SaskPower - Appliance Cost Calculator