Steve Mitnick is Editor-in-Chief of Public Utilities Fortnightly and author of the book “Lines Down: How We Pay, Use, Value Grid Electricity Amid the Storm.”
Thirty-seven of the hundred ninety-one state utility commissioners have served around a year or less. That's twenty percent of the current commissioners.
I only counted commissioners from full members of NARUC. Sorry to my friends on the commissions of Guam, New Orleans, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, etc.
And I rounded up or down to the nearest number of years of service. Commissioners with one year of service started their terms March 2016 or later.
Here's the honor roll of shortest-serving commissioners:
Martha Guzman Aceves, California Public Utilities Commission
Jeffrey Ackerman, Colorado Public Utilities Commission
Jay Balasbas, Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission
Damon Baldone, Louisiana Public Service Commission
Richard Beverly, Public Service Commission of District of Columbia
Robert Cicero, Kentucky Public Service Commission
Daniel Conway, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Megan Decker, Oregon Public Utility Commission
Boyd Dunn, Arizona Corporation Commission
Katie Scharf Dykes, Connecticut Public Utilities Regulatory Authority
Rachel Eubanks, Michigan Public Service Commission
Mike Francis, Louisiana Public Service Commission
Sarah Freeman, Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
Lawrence Friedeman, Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Marion Gold, Rhode Island Public Utilities Commission
James Griffin, Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
Cynthia Hall, New Mexico Public Regulation Commission
Lisa Hardie, Oregon Public Utility Commission
Keith Jordan, Tennessee Public Utility Commission
Brian Kroshus, North Dakota Public Service Commission
Renee Larrick, Public Service Commission of West Virginia
Richard Lozier, Iowa Utilities Board
Wendy Moser, Colorado Public Utilities Commission
Anthony O' Donnell, Maryland Public Service Commission
Tony O'Donnell, Montana Public Service Commission
Kimberly O'Guinn, Arkansas Public Service Commission
Sadzi Martha Oliva, Illinois Commerce Commission
Rebecca Pauli, Regulatory Commission of Alaska
Donald Polmann, Florida Public Service Commission
Ann Pongracz, Nevada Public Utilities Commission
Clifford Rechtschaffen, California Public Utilities Commission
Joseph Reynolds, Nevada Public Utilities Commission
Mary Ridder, Nebraska Public Service Commission
Lon Roberts, Public Service Commission of Wisconsin
Anthony Roisman, Vermont Public Utility Commission
Michael Schmitt, Kentucky Public Service Commission
Katie Sieben, Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
David Sweet, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
