News and Updates
NARUC Announces New Appointments to the Federal and State Current Issues Collaborative, Board of Directors, and Committee Leadership
September 2, 2025
Recently announced NARUC appointments include five IRLE alumni: Chairman Philip L. Bartlett II (Maine Public Service Commission); Commissioner Pradip Chattopadhyay (New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission); Commissioner Stacey Paradis (Illinois Commerce Commission); Commissioner Gabriella Passidomo Smith (Florida Public Service Commission); and Chair Brian Rybarik (Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission).
American Enterprise Institute Report on Innovating Future Power Systems: From Vision to Action
Feb 21, 2025
IRLE Director Lynne Kiesling leads the American Enterprise Institute, Working Group on Electricity Technology, Regulation, and Market Design. The energy landscape is undergoing profound change, and the way we design, regulate, and operate power systems must evolve to keep pace.
IRLE Alum Brian Rybarik Appointed Chair of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
Jan 29, 2025
Gov. Bob Ferguson today appointed Brian Rybarik to the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission. The UTC protects Washingtonians by ensuring investor-owned utility and transportation services are safe, reliable and affordable. More...
Themes from the 2021 IRLE Virtual Workshop
Jun 10, 2021
We covered a lot of material in a condensed timeframe during the 2021 IRLE Virtual Workshop. This summary highlights a few key takeaways from the discussions and presentations throughout the workshop. More...
Why Five Prisms?
Mar 25, 2021
Since its origins in 2004, the IRLE has focused on examining the fundamental principles of regulatory legitimacy and sound regulatory decision-making in the context of technological dynamism. The analytical framework we developed to organize these principles is called the Five Prisms of Law & Economics Analysis. More...
IRLE Faculty Spotlight: Ray Gifford
Jan 8, 2021
Take a closer look at Raymond Gifford, partner at Wilkinson, Barker, and Knauer, and his contributions over the years to the formation and continuation of the Institute for Regulatory Law & Economics. More...
An Update on Internet Performance during the Pandemic
Nov 23, 2020
In early 2020, Doug Sicker presented a vlog for IRLE on how the Internet had performed through the first few months of the pandemic. Here, I update that presentation and provide some additional thoughts and findings. More..
The Existing Generation Fleet and the Value of Flexibility
Nov 20, 2020
IRLE's Lynne Kiesling discusses the existing generation fleet and the value of flexibility. More...
IRLE Faculty Spotlight: Eric Talley
Nov 16, 2020
Since its first workshop in 2004, the IRLE has had an outstanding faculty. Eric Talley brings his work in the law and economics of corporate finance to expand the understanding of financial economics used in regulatory decision-making. More...
IRLE 2020 Introductory Blog Post
Oct 30, 2020
Today the Institute for Regulatory Law & Economics (IRLE) embarks on a new initiative to provide digital content on regulating in a period of technological change. More...