CUOCP® — A professional certification preparing utility leaders for modern operational and capital challenges
✔ Future-Proof Your Career — Prepare for leadership roles as utility operations and capital environments grow more complex and accountability-driven
✔ Demonstrate Readiness — Validate applied judgment across operations, capital execution, contractor oversight, and emergency response
✔ Strengthen Career Signaling — Differentiate yourself in promotion, interview, and transition scenarios with an independent, exam-based credential
✔ Earn More — CUOCP® Professionals make up to 23% more money
✔ Stand Out as a Utility Leader — Earn industry wide recognition as a professional prepared for high-stakes operational and capital decision-making
NACUP Mission Statement
The North American Council of Utility Professionals (NACUP) was formed to bring clarity, discipline, and accountability to the roles responsible for operating and modernizing essential utility systems. By establishing independent professional standards and administering rigorous, exam-based certification, NACUP validates the competence required to manage operations, capital programs, and system reliability at scale.
Reliable infrastructure depends not only on assets and technology, but on the judgment and ethical responsibility of the professionals entrusted with critical decisions. NACUP recognizes that responsibility and provides a mechanism to formally evaluate and verify it.
Through the consistent application of standards, NACUP promotes disciplined execution and professional consistency across the utility sector—ensuring that operational readiness, capital stewardship, and emergency preparedness are treated as professional expectations, not discretionary practices.
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What Utility Professionals Are Saying
“In a competitive job market, CUOCP helped me articulate my experience more clearly. It gave structure to what I already knew and confidence walking into interviews.”
— Utility Project Manager
“The CUOCP framework reflects how utility operations actually work—balancing reliability, capital delivery, risk, and accountability. This isn’t theoretical project management. It validates experience and decision-making at the leadership level.”
— Operations Manager, Electric Utility
“I work between operations, engineering, and external contractors. The certification reinforced how decisions ripple across functions—something that’s often missing in traditional training.”
— Director, Projects & Planning, Gas
Earn professional credibility through the only independent, exam-based certification dedicated to utility operations and capital leadership standards.
CUOCP® certification exists to independently validate professional readiness for responsibility in utility operations, capital leadership, and system reliability.