AGA Exchange

ELDP is an exclusive opportunity for rising leaders to gain firsthand insight into how Washington works and affects business enterprise, while learning to navigate the political and regulatory maze through conversations with experts from Capitol Hill, the Executive Branch, key agencies, and more. 

Participants will engage in interactive sessions on developing legislative, regulatory, and media strategies, while hearing directly from experts across government. Designed for rising leaders ready to expand their influence, the program provides rare exposure to federal processes shaping the energy industry. Class size is capped at 30 participants to ensure engagement and peer networking. 

Description: The Executive Leadership Safety Summit is AGA’s leading safety event for natural gas utility executives and safety directors. The program features case studies and lessons learned from pipeline and occupational safety incidents, provides insights from government leaders, and showcases how safety outcomes are being improved, both inside and outside the natural gas industry. Attendees learn and share ideas and strategies for enhancing their organization’s safety performance.

• Dates: 2026 Dates: October 6–9, 2026 
• Location: Omni Louisville, Louisville, KY 
• Registration: Registration is available here. 
• Eligibility: Executives, Safety Directors, Contractor partners, and other industry leaders responsible for worker safety, public safety, and the safety of gas distribution and transmission pipelines. 
• Point of Contact: Alan Chichester (achichester@aga.org) 

The Policy Forum brings together government affairs and regulatory professionals for in-depth discussions on federal, state, and local issues impacting natural gas utilities. 

This two-and-a-half-day meeting features sessions with invited government speakers, closed-door committee roundtables, and collaborative discussions on pressing policy and regulatory challenges. Networking opportunities round out the agenda, providing space for members to share strategies and strengthen industrywide advocacy. 

Advanced Rate School is an intensive program focused on complex pricing policy issues and regulatory strategies shaping the natural gas industry. 

The program covers advanced rate design, cost recovery, energy efficiency, and alternatives to traditional cost-of-service ratemaking. Participants explore infrastructure planning and rate case management strategies. While AGA’s Basic Rate School is not a prerequisite, attendees should already have a foundational understanding of rate design. Enrollment is limited. 

Basic Rate School introduces participants to the fundamentals of natural gas utility ratemaking, covering economic, financial, and policy considerations. 

AGA’s Basic Rate School provides participants with a foundational understanding of how rates are designed and regulated. Expert faculty guide attendees through key concepts in utility accounting, cost allocation, and regulatory policy. This program is ideal for professionals who are new to ratemaking or looking to broaden their understanding of the rate process. 

Building on our 2025 launch of this initiative, AGA is continuing to offer tools and resources to help keep our field workers safe.  

AGA aims to strengthen awareness and industry action around field worker assaults, from informative webinars, to advocacy, to in-person workshops on how AGA member companies are taking action to drive home the importance of worker safety and security. 

NGX is hybrid (virtual and in-person), distributed play exercise for the Natural Gas Pipeline Industry, brought to you by AGA and tailored to the needs of AGA and INGAA member companies. NGX creates an interactive environment to test and validate plans for the response to and recovery from cybersecurity and physical security threats. 

This is the first exercise focused solely on the natural gas industry and will be the third iteration of this event. The last biennial exercise held in 2024 hosted approximately 250 participants from 50 organizations.

Presentations during the PSMS Workshop include discussions on how operators are implementing PSMS, how operators are working to review their PSMS program effectiveness, and how operators address any challenges they have experienced with implementing PSMS.