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List of current public service commissioners in the United States

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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.

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.

See also: State executive offices and Public Service Commissioner



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, III Republican September 24, 2024
Alabama Public Service Commission President Cynthia Almond Republican June 16, 2025
Alaska Regulatory Commission Steve DeVries Nonpartisan November 6, 2024
Alaska Regulatory Commission John Espindola Nonpartisan June 12, 2023
Alaska Regulatory Commission Mark A. Johnston Nonpartisan December 3, 2024
Alaska Regulatory Commission Robert Pickett Nonpartisan March 7, 2008
Alaska Regulatory Commission John Springsteen Nonpartisan July 1, 2024
Arizona Corporation Commission Rene Lopez Republican January 6, 2025
Arizona Corporation Commission Lea Marquez Peterson Republican May 30, 2019
Arizona Corporation Commission Nick Myers Republican January 2, 2023
Arizona Corporation Commission Kevin Thompson Republican January 2, 2023
Arizona Corporation Commission Rachel Walden Republican January 6, 2025
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 David Arconti, Jr. Nonpartisan August 5, 2024
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 January 1, 2011
Georgia Public Service Commission District 3 Fitz Johnson Republican August 26, 2021
Georgia Public Service Commission District 4 Lauren McDonald Jr. Republican January 1, 2009
Georgia Public Service Commission District 5 Tricia Pridemore Republican February 21, 2018
Guam Consolidated Commission on Utilities Melvin Duenas Nonpartisan January 1, 2025
Guam Consolidated Commission on Utilities Michael Limtiaco Nonpartisan January 1, 2019
Guam Consolidated Commission on Utilities Pedro Martinez Nonpartisan March 22, 2021
Guam Consolidated Commission on Utilities Simon Sanchez Nonpartisan January 1, 2003
Guam Consolidated Commission on Utilities Francis Santos Nonpartisan January 1, 2015
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 John Hammond Nonpartisan January 21, 2022
Idaho Public Utilities Commission Edward Lodge Nonpartisan January 27, 2023
Idaho Public Utilities Commission Vacant
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 Wesley Bennett Nonpartisan June 1, 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 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 Angie Hatton Nonpartisan March 20, 2023
Kentucky Public Service Commission Mary Regan Nonpartisan November 10, 2022
Kentucky Public Service Commission Andrew Wood Nonpartisan July 3, 2025
Louisiana Public Service Commission District 1 Eric Skrmetta Republican January 1, 2009
Louisiana Public Service Commission District 2 Jean-Paul Coussan Republican January 1, 2025
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 Odogwu Obi Linton Nonpartisan April 10, 2025
Maryland Public Service Commission Michael T. Richard Nonpartisan 2016
Maryland Public Service Commission Bonnie Suchman Nonpartisan June 28, 2023
Massachusetts Public Utilities Commission Cecile Fraser Nonpartisan 2017
Massachusetts Public Utilities Commission Staci Rubin Nonpartisan April 10, 2023
Massachusetts Public Utilities Commission James Van Nostrand Nonpartisan May 1, 2023
Michigan Public Service Commission Shaquila Myers Nonpartisan July 21, 2025
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 Audrey Partridge Nonpartisan January 30, 2025
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 Maida Coleman Nonpartisan August 10, 2015
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
Montana Public Service Commission District 1 Randy Pinocci Republican January 1, 2019
Montana Public Service Commission District 2 Brad Molnar Republican January 6, 2025
Montana Public Service Commission District 3 Jeffrey Welborn Republican January 6, 2025
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 Michael Bange Nonpartisan January 31, 2024
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Zenon Christodoulou Nonpartisan August 8, 2022
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Christine Guhl-Sadovy
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Christine Guhl-Sadovy Nonpartisan June 7, 2023
New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Gabriel Aguilera Nonpartisan January 1, 2023
New Mexico Public Regulation Commission Greg Nibert Nonpartisan January 1, 2025
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 Jeffrey Hughes Nonpartisan July 1, 2019
North Carolina Utilities Commission Karen Kemerait Nonpartisan May 2, 2022
North Carolina Utilities Commission Floyd McKissick Nonpartisan January 28, 2025
North Carolina Utilities Commission Tommy Tucker Nonpartisan
North Carolina Utilities Commission Donald van der Vaart Nonpartisan July 1, 2025
North Carolina Utilities Commission Vacant
North Dakota Public Service Commission Randel Christmann Republican January 15, 2013
North Dakota Public Service Commission Sheri Haugen-Hoffart Republican February 11, 2022
North Dakota Public Service Commission Jill Kringstad Republican January 6, 2024
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 November 15, 2023
Oklahoma Corporation Commissioner Brian Bingman Republican January 13, 2025
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 Karen Bradbury Nonpartisan May 27, 2025
Rhode Island Public Utilities Commissioner Ronald Gerwatowksi Nonpartisan June 1, 2020
South Carolina Public Service Commissioner Florence Belser Nonpartisan February 19, 2019
South Carolina Public Service Commissioner David Britt Nonpartisan May 1, 2025
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 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 Executive Director 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 Jerry Fenn Nonpartisan April 17, 2024
Utah Public Service Commission John Harvey Nonpartisan May 11, 2023
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 Milt Doumit Nonpartisan September 1, 2022
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Ann Rendahl Nonpartisan January 1, 2015
Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission Brian Rybarik Nonpartisan February 24, 2025
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


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