Annual PURC Conference

For more than 30 years, our annual conference has served as a neutral forum for engaging dialogue about issues facing utility service providers, policymakers and regulatory agencies. The February event in Gainesville brings together key leaders in industry and academia, primarily from Florida and the Southeast.

PURC is registered with the Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation as a provider of continuing professional education programs. Each year, we apply to the DBPR for technical business CPE credit for conference sessions, as well as to the Florida Bar for general CLER credit for Florida law practitioners.

40th Annual PURC Conference

Reset for Regulation? Best Next Practices for Policy, Regulation, and Utilities

Feb. 12-13, 2013

"Uncertainty" seems to be the most repeated word used to describe today’s regulatory and policy environments. With conflicting views over reality and priorities, how can utilities and regulators know what to do next? Can our political and economic environments stabilize, or should we adapt to (constant) unpredictability?

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Past Annual Conferences

PURC Distinguished Service Award

Each year at the PURC Annual Conference, PURC honors an individual who has contributed to the understanding of regulatory economics and finance. The PURC Distinguished Service Award recognizes the cumulative impact of an individual's research and policy analyses on both the academic community and regulatory policymakers.

Past Recipients

Gerald L. Gunter Distinguished Service Award

The Gerald L. Gunter Distinguished Service Award is presented jointly at our Annual Conference by PURC and the Florida Public Service Commission. It recognizes a Public Service Commission employee who has made a significant contribution to the development of regulatory policy.

The award is named after the late FPSC Commissioner Gerald L. Gunter, who was especially supportive of the relationship between the University and the Florida PSC. After his death in June 1991, the Gerald L. Gunter Memorial was established by his friends and colleagues. In addition to the Gunter Award, financial gifts enabled the establishment of the Gunter Professorship in the Warrington College of Business Administration. Richard Romano serves as the Gerald L. Gunter Professor of research in regulatory policy.

Past Recipients

2012
Tom Ballinger
2011
Robert J. Casey
2010
Kathy Welch
2009
Mark Futrell
2008
David Smith
2007
Connie S. Kummer
2006
Cheryl Bulecza-Banks
2005
Marshall Willis
2004
Tim Devlin
2003
James A. Ward
2002
Lisa Harvey
2001
David Dowds
2000
Sally Simmons
1999
J. Alan Taylor
1998
Dale Mailhot
1997
Bob Trapp
1996
Cindy Miller
1995
John Williams
1994
Beth Salak
1993
Joe McCormick
1992
Jill Butler

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