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Kara Brighton Fornstrom
Kara Brighton Fornstrom is a former commissioner of the Wyoming Public Service Commission (WPSC). Fornstrom was first appointed to the commission on March 1, 2013, and reappointed on March 1, 2019. She resigned on January 15, 2021, to serve as director of state regulatory policy at Southwest Power Pool.[1][2]
Biography
An attorney by trade, Fornstrom was a partner at Hageman & Brighton when she was named to the WPSC in early 2013. She has served on the Board of Advisors for the University of Wyoming College of Agriculture and Natural Resources and has previously worked for the Wyoming Attorney General.[3][4]
Education
Political career
Wyoming Public Service Commission (2013-2021)
Fornstrom served on the Wyoming Public Service Commission from March 2013 to January 2021.
Appointments
2013
Fornstrom was appointed to the Wyoming Public Service Commission by Gov. Matt Mead (R) on February 7, 2013.[3] The state Senate initially rejected the nomination on February 26, 2013, but reconsidered, approving of Fornstrom the next day. Sen. Cale Case (R) had called for the chamber to reject Fornstrom, as well as Bill Russell, on the grounds that they were both attorneys and only attorneys had been named to the commission since 2005.[5]
See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ Wyoming Governor Mark Gordon, "Governor Gordon Accepts Resignation of Public Service Commission Chairman," December 16, 2020
- ↑ Southwest Power Pool, "Kara Fornstrom to serve as SPP director of state regulatory policy," December 17, 2020
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 K2 Radio, "Governor Gordon Accepts Resignation of Public Service Commission Chairman," December 16, 2020
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 LinkedIn, "Kara Brighton Fornstrom," accessed January 19, 2021
- ↑ Casper Star Tribune, "Wyoming Senate OKs Gov. Mead's appointments to Public Service Commission," February 27, 2013
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Wyoming Public Service Commission 2013–2021 |
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