Kavulla elected president of NARUC

Montana PSC Commissioner Travis Kavulla, R-Great Falls, has been elected president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

He will serve a one-year term.

"It is humbling to come from a state like Montana, with a small population, and to be entrusted by utility commissioners all across the nation with a large voice on energy, communications and water policy," said Kavulla, who represents a large swath of northern Montana.

Kavulla delivered remarks to a lunchtime audience of nearly 1,000 people in Austin, Texas Tuesday afternoon.

His speech heralded the technol...