Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners Annual Education Conference aims to promote the region-wide advancement of public utility regulation and the related regulatory, legislative, and policy, study, discussion, and advancement of issues in public utility regulation that affect consumers, regulatory commissions, other state and federal agencies, and the electric, telecommunications, natural gas and other industries regulated by member states, advancement of the public interest to ensure that consumers remain protected from market power abuses and benefit from competition where applicable and consistent with state law, exchange of information regarding the regulatory, policy, and administrative issues between MACRUC and other regional state public utility commissions and etc.