GOVERNMENT AFFAIRS & EXTERNAL AFFAIRS

Government Affairs Is a Contact Sport.

Michael-Christopher Warren works at the level where government affairs, external relations, coalition building, and stakeholder influence converge — and where practitioners who understand the actual machinery of power hold decisive advantage.

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Strategic perspective

“Navigating the intersection of policy and performance requires more than data — it requires fluency in how power actually moves.”

M.C. Warren
The Practitioner

Most Government Affairs Strategy Is Built on Secondhand Information.

Briefings. Trade press summaries. Consultant recaps. Most organizations navigate their most consequential government relationships using information that has already been filtered, simplified, and stripped of the structural context that actually determines outcomes.

Michael-Christopher Warren built his career — and RegulatorIndex — on the opposite premise. Practitioners who engage directly with primary sources, who understand the real mechanics of legislative process, regulatory dynamics, and stakeholder influence, hold decisive advantage over everyone else in the room.

That premise was forged in government and external affairs at Pepco/Exelon. It applies equally to a technology company navigating a congressional hearing, a healthcare system managing state legislative relationships, or a financial institution operating in a shifting policy environment.

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PROOF OF WORK

RegulatorIndex™

Built because the right intelligence infrastructure didn’t exist.

Every U.S. Public Utility Commission. Every state. Organized and indexed for the government affairs professionals, regulatory attorneys, energy consultants, and infrastructure investors who make high-stakes decisions and can’t afford to work from incomplete information.

RegulatorIndex is what happens when a government affairs practitioner stops waiting for better tools and builds them.

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FIELD INTELLIGENCE

Primary Source. Original Perspective.

Most commentary on government affairs and public policy tells you what happened. This is different — analysis of why it happened, how the mechanics worked, and what practitioners in any industry can learn from it.

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Utility Government Affairs in New York Is Broken. Here Is What It Would Take to Fix It.
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Utility Government Affairs in New York Is Broken. Here Is What It Would Take to Fix It.

New York utility government affairs is still organized around the Albany session cycle and the PSC rate case. The environment...

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Director of Government Affairs: Strategy, Influence, and Execution
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Director of Government Affairs: Strategy, Influence, and Execution

The director of government affairs is not a senior manager. It is a different job category entirely. Most organizations do...

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How to Hire a Government Affairs Manager Who Can Actually Build Power
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How to Hire a Government Affairs Manager Who Can Actually Build Power

Most government affairs hiring breaks before the interview. The organization has not defined the mandate. It has defined the vacancy...

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THE PUC WATCH

For Practitioners Who Read the Actual Filings.

A bi-weekly intelligence briefing on U.S. utility regulation — built for government affairs professionals, regulatory attorneys, energy consultants, and infrastructure investors who need structural understanding, not headlines.

“Utility regulation is where energy policy, legislative strategy, and institutional capital converge. If any of those intersect with your work, this briefing is for you.”

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