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The public service commissioner is a state-level position in all 50 states. The duties of the position vary from state to state, but their general role involves the regulation of essential utility services such as energy, telecommunications, and water.

HIGHLIGHTS
  • In all 50 states, the public service commission is a multi-member board responsible for the regulation of utilities. Most states' commissions have three seats, though some states have as many as seven seats.
  • Public service commissioners are elected in 10 states and appointed in the other 40. Of those states that appoint public service commissioners, all but Virginia and South Carolina give the power of appointment to the governor.
  • In 2022, public service commissioner salaries ranged from $90,000 in New Mexico to $265,000 in South Carolina.

    • Current officeholders

    List of current public service commissioners

    List of All Current State Public Service Commissioners in the United States:


    Office Name Party Date assumed office
    Alabama Public Service Commission Place 1 Jeremy Oden Republican December 3, 2012
    Alabama Public Service Commission Place 2 Chris Beeker Republican January 1, 2015
    Alabama Public Service Commission President Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh Republican 2010
    Alaska Regulatory Commission Robert Doyle Nonpartisan May 23, 2022
    Alaska Regulatory Commission Keith Kurber Nonpartisan March 1, 2021
    Alaska Regulatory Commission Robert Pickett Nonpartisan March 7, 2008
    Alaska Regulatory Commission Dan Sullivan Nonpartisan March 1, 2019
    Alaska Regulatory Commission Vacant
    Arizona Corporation Commission Lea Marquez Peterson Republican May 30, 2019
    Arizona Corporation Commission Nick Myers Republican January 2, 2023
    Arizona Corporation Commission James O'Connor Republican January 4, 2021
    Arizona Corporation Commission Kevin Thompson Republican January 2, 2023
    Arizona Corporation Commission Anna Tovar Democratic January 4, 2021
    Arkansas Public Service Commission Katie Anderson Nonpartisan October 2, 2022
    Arkansas Public Service Commission Justin Tate Nonpartisan 2019
    Arkansas Public Service Commission Doyle Webb Nonpartisan January 17, 2023
    California Public Utilities Commission Matt Baker Nonpartisan March 5, 2024
    California Public Utilities Commission Karen Douglas Nonpartisan January 1, 2023
    California Public Utilities Commission Darcie Houck Nonpartisan 2021
    California Public Utilities Commission Alice Reynolds Nonpartisan December 31, 2021
    California Public Utilities Commission John Reynolds Nonpartisan December 23, 2021
    Colorado Public Utilities Commission Eric Blank Nonpartisan January 12, 2021
    Colorado Public Utilities Commission Megan Gilman Nonpartisan 2020
    Colorado Public Utilities Commission Tom Plant Nonpartisan February 3, 2023
    Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority John Betkoski, III Nonpartisan 1997
    Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Michael Caron Nonpartisan 2013
    Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority Marissa Paslick Gillett Nonpartisan April 26, 2019
    Delaware Public Service Commission Joann Conaway Nonpartisan 2001
    Delaware Public Service Commission Kim Drexler Nonpartisan 2015
    Delaware Public Service Commission Harold Gray Nonpartisan 2014
    Delaware Public Service Commission Mike Karia Nonpartisan 2015
    Delaware Public Service Commission Dallas Winslow Nonpartisan 2005
    Florida Public Service Commission Gary Clark Nonpartisan September 15, 2017
    Florida Public Service Commission Andrew Giles Fay Nonpartisan 2018
    Florida Public Service Commission Art Graham Nonpartisan 2010
    Florida Public Service Commission Mike La Rosa Nonpartisan January 2, 2021
    Florida Public Service Commission Gabriella Passidomo Nonpartisan May 19, 2021
    Georgia Public Service Commission District 1 Jason Shaw Republican January 1, 2019
    Georgia Public Service Commission District 2 Tim Echols Republican 2011
    Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 Fitz Johnson Republican July 22, 2021
    Georgia Public Service Commission District 4 Lauren McDonald Jr. Republican 2009
    Georgia Public Service Commission District 5 Tricia Pridemore Republican February 21, 2018
    Guam Consolidated Commission on Utilities Joey Duenas Nonpartisan
    Guam Consolidated Commission on Utilities Michael Limtiaco Nonpartisan
    Guam Consolidated Commission on Utilities Pedro Martinez Nonpartisan March 22, 2021
    Guam Consolidated Commission on Utilities Simon Sanchez Nonpartisan
    Guam Consolidated Commission on Utilities Francis Santos Nonpartisan
    Hawaii Public Utilities Commissioner Leo Asuncion Jr. Nonpartisan 2019
    Hawaii Public Utilities Commissioner Naomi Kuwaye Nonpartisan July 1, 2022
    Hawaii Public Utilities Commissioner Colin Yost Nonpartisan April 14, 2023
    Idaho Public Utilities Commission Eric Anderson Nonpartisan 2015
    Idaho Public Utilities Commission John Hammond Nonpartisan January 21, 2022
    Idaho Public Utilities Commission Edward Lodge Nonpartisan January 27, 2023
    Illinois Commerce Commission Michael Carrigan Democratic 2020
    Illinois Commerce Commission Ann McCabe Republican February 1, 2022
    Illinois Commerce Commission Stacey Paradis Republican April 3, 2023
    Illinois Commerce Commission Conrad Reddick Democratic March 13, 2023
    Illinois Commerce Commission Doug Scott Democratic June 16, 2023
    Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Sarah Freeman Nonpartisan February 9, 2017
    Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission James Huston Nonpartisan September 3, 2014
    Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission Stefanie Krevda Nonpartisan 2018
    Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission David Veleta Nonpartisan September 14, 2022
    Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission David Ziegner Nonpartisan August 25, 1990
    Iowa Utilities Board Josh Byrnes Nonpartisan 2020
    Iowa Utilities Board Erik Helland Nonpartisan May 1, 2023
    Iowa Utilities Board Sarah Martz Nonpartisan May 1, 2023
    Kansas Corporation Commission Andrew French Nonpartisan June 24, 2020
    Kansas Corporation Commission Dwight Keen Nonpartisan 2018
    Kansas Corporation Commission Annie Kuether Nonpartisan September 13, 2023
    Kentucky Public Service Commission Kent Chandler Nonpartisan 2020
    Kentucky Public Service Commission Angie Hatton Nonpartisan March 20, 2023
    Kentucky Public Service Commission Mary Regan Nonpartisan November 10, 2022
    Louisiana Public Service Commission District 1 Eric Skrmetta Republican January 1, 2009
    Louisiana Public Service Commission District 2 Craig Greene Republican 2017
    Louisiana Public Service Commission District 3 Davante Lewis Democratic December 31, 2022
    Louisiana Public Service Commission District 4 Mike Francis Republican January 3, 2017
    Louisiana Public Service Commission District 5 Foster Campbell Democratic January 1, 2003
    Maine Public Utilities Commission Philip Bartlett Nonpartisan 2019
    Maine Public Utilities Commission Carrie Gilbert Nonpartisan May 12, 2023
    Maine Public Utilities Commission Patrick Scully Nonpartisan June 8, 2021
    Maryland Public Service Commission Kumar Barve Nonpartisan May 31, 2023
    Maryland Public Service Commission Fred Hoover Nonpartisan July 1, 2023
    Maryland Public Service Commission Michael T. Richard Nonpartisan 2016
    Maryland Public Service Commission Bonnie Suchman Nonpartisan June 28, 2023
    Maryland Public Service Commission Vacant
    Massachusetts Public Utilities Commission Cecile Fraser Nonpartisan 2017
    Massachusetts Public Utilities Commission Robert Hayden Nonpartisan 2015
    Massachusetts Public Utilities Commission James Van Nostrand Nonpartisan May 1, 2023
    Michigan Public Service Commission Alessandra Carreon Nonpartisan July 23, 2023
    Michigan Public Service Commission Katherine Peretick Nonpartisan February 4, 2021
    Michigan Public Service Commission Daniel C. Scripps Nonpartisan 2019
    Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Hwikwon Ham Nonpartisan January 8, 2024
    Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Valerie Means Nonpartisan April 22, 2019
    Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Katie Sieben Nonpartisan 2017
    Minnesota Public Utilities Commission Joseph K. Sullivan Nonpartisan April 6, 2020
    Minnesota Public Utilities Commission John Tuma Nonpartisan February 2, 2015
    Mississippi Public Service Commission Central District De'Keither Stamps Democratic January 1, 2024
    Mississippi Public Service Commission Northern District Chris Brown Republican January 2, 2024
    Mississippi Public Service Commission Southern District Nelson Carr Republican January 2, 2024
    Missouri Public Service Commission Kayla Hahn Nonpartisan June 1, 2023
    Missouri Public Service Commission Jason Holsman Nonpartisan January 16, 2020
    Missouri Public Service Commission Glen Kolkmeyer Nonpartisan May 6, 2021
    Missouri Public Service Commission John Mitchell Nonpartisan May 9, 2024
    Missouri Public Service Commission Scott Rupp Nonpartisan 2014
    Montana Public Service Commission District 1 Randy Pinocci Republican January 1, 2019
    Montana Public Service Commission District 2 Tony O'Donnell Republican January 2, 2017
    Montana Public Service Commission District 3 James Brown Republican January 4, 2021
    Montana Public Service Commission District 4 Jennifer Fielder Republican January 4, 2021
    Montana Public Service Commission District 5 Ann Bukacek Republican January 2, 2023
    Nebraska Public Service Commission District 1 Dan Watermeier Republican January 10, 2019
    Nebraska Public Service Commission District 2 Christian Mirch Republican February 8, 2023
    Nebraska Public Service Commission District 3 Tim Schram Republican 2007
    Nebraska Public Service Commission District 4 Eric Kamler Republican January 5, 2023
    Nebraska Public Service Commission District 5 Kevin Stocker Republican January 5, 2023
    Nevada Public Utilities Commission Randy Brown Nonpartisan October 1, 2023
    Nevada Public Utilities Commission Tammy Cordova Nonpartisan June 22, 2020
    Nevada Public Utilities Commission Hayley Williamson Nonpartisan January 1, 2020
    New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission Pradip Chattopadhyay Nonpartisan December 8, 2021
    New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission Dan Goldner Nonpartisan May 5, 2021
    New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission Carleton Simpson Nonpartisan December 20, 2021
    New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Marian Abdou Nonpartisan June 28, 2023
    New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Zenon Christodoulou Nonpartisan
    New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Christine Guhl-Sadovy Nonpartisan June 7, 2023
    New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Mary-Anna Holden Nonpartisan January 11, 2012
    New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Vacant
    New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Gabriel Aguilera Nonpartisan January 1, 2023
    New Mexico Public Regulation Commission James Ellison Nonpartisan January 10, 2023
    New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Patrick O’Connell Nonpartisan January 1, 2023
    New York Public Service Commission James Alesi Nonpartisan June 21, 2017
    New York Public Service Commission Uchenna Bright Nonpartisan April 11, 2024
    New York Public Service Commission Rory M. Christian Nonpartisan June 24, 2021
    New York Public Service Commission John B. Maggiore Nonpartisan June 22, 2021
    New York Public Service Commission Denise Sheehan Nonpartisan April 11, 2024
    New York Public Service Commission David Valesky Nonpartisan June 21, 2021
    New York Public Service Commission Radina Valova Nonpartisan June 8, 2024
    North Carolina Utilities Commission William Brawley Nonpartisan
    North Carolina Utilities Commission Kimberly Duffley Nonpartisan July 1, 2019
    North Carolina Utilities Commission Jeffrey Hughes Nonpartisan July 1, 2019
    North Carolina Utilities Commission Karen Kemerait Nonpartisan May 2, 2022
    North Carolina Utilities Commission Floyd McKissick Nonpartisan January 7, 2020
    North Carolina Utilities Commission Charlotte Mitchell Nonpartisan July 1, 2017
    North Carolina Utilities Commission Tommy Tucker Nonpartisan
    North Dakota Public Service Commission Randel Christmann Republican January 15, 2013
    North Dakota Public Service Commission Julie Fedorchak Republican January 2, 2013
    North Dakota Public Service Commission Sheri Haugen-Hoffart Republican February 11, 2022
    Ohio Public Utilities Commission Daniel R. Conway Nonpartisan 2017
    Ohio Public Utilities Commission Dennis Deters Nonpartisan March 25, 2019
    Ohio Public Utilities Commission Jenifer A. French Nonpartisan March 29, 2021
    Ohio Public Utilities Commission Lawrence K. Friedeman Nonpartisan 2017
    Ohio Public Utilities Commission John Williams Nonpartisan April 10, 2023
    Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Bob Anthony Republican January 9, 1989
    Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Kim David Republican January 9, 2023
    Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Todd Hiett Republican 2015
    Oregon Public Utility Commission Megan Walseth Decker Nonpartisan April 1, 2017
    Oregon Public Utility Commission Letha Tawney Nonpartisan 2018
    Oregon Public Utility Commission Mark Thompson Nonpartisan October 1, 2019
    Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Kimberly Barrow Nonpartisan August 31, 2023
    Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission John F. Coleman Nonpartisan October 27, 2022
    Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Stephen DeFrank Nonpartisan October 27, 2022
    Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Ralph Yanora Nonpartisan October 24, 2019
    Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission Kathryn Zerfuss Nonpartisan October 27, 2022
    Rhode Island Public Utilities Commissioner Abigail Anthony Nonpartisan 2017
    Rhode Island Public Utilities Commissioner Ronald Gerwatowksi Nonpartisan June 1, 2020
    Rhode Island Public Utilities Commissioner John C. Revens Nonpartisan March 29, 2021
    South Carolina Public Service Commissioner Florence Belser Nonpartisan February 19, 2019
    South Carolina Public Service Commissioner Stephen Caston Nonpartisan September 24, 2020
    South Carolina Public Service Commissioner Delton Powers, Jr. Nonpartisan September 24, 2020
    South Carolina Public Service Commissioner Headen Thomas Nonpartisan September 24, 2020
    South Carolina Public Service Commissioner Carolyn Williams Nonpartisan September 24, 2020
    South Carolina Public Service Commissioner Justin Williams Nonpartisan 2018
    South Carolina Public Service Commissioner Vacant
    South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Kristie Fiegen Republican August 9, 2011
    South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Gary Hanson Republican 2003
    South Dakota Public Utilities Commission Chris Nelson Republican January 8, 2011
    Tennessee Public Utility Commission David Crowell Nonpartisan August 25, 2022
    Tennessee Public Utility Commission Clay Good Nonpartisan 2021
    Tennessee Public Utility Commission John Hie Nonpartisan 2018
    Tennessee Public Utility Commission Kenneth Hill Nonpartisan July 1, 2009
    Tennessee Public Utility Commission Herbert Hilliard Nonpartisan 2012
    Tennessee Public Utility Commission David Jones Nonpartisan October 15, 2012
    Tennessee Public Utility Commission Robin Morrison Nonpartisan June 14, 2013
    Tennessee Public Utility Commission Earl Taylor Nonpartisan 2012
    Texas Public Utility Commission Lori Cobos Nonpartisan June 22, 2021
    Texas Public Utility Commission Thomas Gleeson Nonpartisan January 23, 2024
    Texas Public Utility Commission Jimmy Glotfelty Nonpartisan August 10, 2021
    Texas Public Utility Commission Courtney Hjaltman Nonpartisan June 26, 2024
    Texas Public Utility Commission Kathleen Jackson Nonpartisan August 5, 2022
    Utah Public Service Commission David Clark Nonpartisan January 1, 2013
    Utah Public Service Commission John Harvey Nonpartisan May 11, 2023
    Utah Public Service Commission Thad LeVar Nonpartisan January 1, 2013
    Vermont Public Utility Commission Riley Allen Nonpartisan 2021
    Vermont Public Utility Commission Margaret Cheney Nonpartisan October 1, 2013
    Vermont Public Utility Commission Ed McNamara Nonpartisan January 29, 2024
    Virginia State Corporation Commission Kelsey Bagot Nonpartisan April 1, 2024
    Virginia State Corporation Commission Jehmal Hudson Nonpartisan June 9, 2020
    Virginia State Corporation Commission Samuel Towell Nonpartisan March 20, 2024
    Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission David W. Danner Nonpartisan 2013
    Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Milt Doumit Nonpartisan September 1, 2022
    Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Ann Rendahl Nonpartisan January 1, 2015
    West Virginia Public Service Commission Charlotte Lane Nonpartisan July 1, 2019
    West Virginia Public Service Commission Renee Larrick Nonpartisan July 1, 2017
    West Virginia Public Service Commission Bill Raney Nonpartisan August 17, 2021
    Wisconsin Public Service Commission Marcus Hawkins Nonpartisan April 8, 2024
    Wisconsin Public Service Commission Kristy Nieto Nonpartisan February 2, 2024
    Wisconsin Public Service Commission Summer Strand Nonpartisan March 2, 2023
    Wyoming Public Service Commission Chris Petrie Nonpartisan February 1, 2021
    Wyoming Public Service Commission Mike Robinson Nonpartisan 2019
    Wyoming Public Service Commission Mary Throne Nonpartisan 2019



    Method of selection

    Public service commissioners are popularly elected in 10 states. In those states where the public service commissioner is appointed, the power of appointment is given to the governor in all but Virginia and South Carolina, where commissioners are selected by the state legislature.

    Partisan control

    Number of seats

    In 27 states, the public service commission is a three-member board. Most states that have more than three members allow for five seats on the public service commission. The North Carolina Utilities Commission, South Carolina Public Service Commission, and Tennessee Public Utility Commission have the most seats of any public service commission at seven each.

    Compensation

    According to compensation figures for 2022 compiled by the Council of State Governments in the Book of the States, the highest salary for a public service commissioner is $265,000 in South Carolina, while the lowest is $90,000 in New Mexico. Salary information was not available for public service commissioners in Virginia.

    Election history

    2024

    See also: State executive official elections, 2024

    Six states are holding elections for public service commissioner in 2024:

    2023

    See also: State executive official elections, 2023

    One state held elections for public service commissioner in 2023:

    2022

    See also: State executive official elections, 2022

    Nine states held elections for public service commissioner in 2022.

    2021

    See also: State executive official elections, 2021

    No state held elections for public service commissioner in 2021.

    2020

    See also: State executive official elections, 2020

    Ten states held elections for public service commissioner in 2020:

    2019

    See also: State executive official elections, 2019

    One state held elections for public service commissioner in 2019:

    2018

    See also: State executive official elections, 2018

    Ten states held elections for public service commissioner in 2018.

    2017

    One state held an election for one seat in 2017:

    2016

    See also: Public Service Commission elections, 2016

    Ten states held elections for a total of 18 seats in 2016:

    2015

    See also: State executive official elections, 2015

    One state held regularly scheduled elections for public service commissioner in 2015: Mississippi.

    Cecil Brown (D), Brandon Presley (D) and Sam Britton (R) won their respective races for the Mississippi Public Service Commission.[1]

    2014

    Main article: State executive official elections, 2014

    Ten states held regularly scheduled public service commissioner elections in the 2014 electoral cycle:

    2013

    There were no commissioner elections in 2013.

    2012

    Main article: State executive official elections, 2012

    Ten states held scheduled public service commissioner elections in the 2012 electoral cycle: Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Louisiana, Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North Dakota, Oklahoma and South Dakota.

    Heading into the November election, Democrats held six of the seats, Republicans held 12 seats and one seat was held by an Independent. Out of 19 incumbents, 14 sought re-election in 2012. The status breakdown of the remaining five was as follows:

    Following the election, nine incumbents, all Republicans, won re-election. The remaining five incumbents, all Democratic candidates, were defeated by Republican challengers. The non-incumbent races in Louisiana, Montana, and North Dakota were won by Republican candidates, while the two non-incumbent races in New Mexico were won by Democratic candidates.

    See also

    External links

    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Donesha Aldridge, WHLT, "Mississippi 2015 State General Election Results," November 3, 2015
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