(2 hours, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m.) NARUC has developed an interactive, discussion-based game to teach decision makers and stakeholders about utility business models and decision making. In the game, you will run a utility for five, two-year planning periods (10 years total). In each period, players can choose to build or contract for generation; build transmission, distribution, and flexibility resources; and institute or respond to new policies in vertically integrated and restructured environments. The MegaModel Excel-based platform shows how these decisions impact customer bills, reliability (minutes of outages), earnings per share, and air emissions (carbon dioxide). Instructors: Danielle Sass Byrnett, NARUC Center for Partnerships & Innovation and Rim Baltaduonis, Stanford University.

This tutorial will be presented at the IEEE PES Energy & Policy Forum, 23-26 March 2026 in Washington, D.C.