Public Service Commission of Wisconsin

The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin is an independent regulatory agency responsible for regulating public utilities in the energy, telecommunications, gas and water companies located in U.S. state of Wisconsin.^[1] As of 2021, the agency regulated more than 1,100 electric, natural gas, telephone, water, and water/sewer utilities.^[2]

The commission consists of three full-time commissioners that are appointed by the governor and confirmed by the Wisconsin State Senate in staggered six-year terms. The current commissioners are Tyler Huebner, Summer Strand, and Rebecca Cameron Valcq.

Mr. Huebner was appointed to the Commission by Governor Tony Evers in March 2020 to fill out the term of former Commissioner Michael Huebsch, then re-appointed to a full term on March 2, 2021. Ms. Nowak was appointed to the Commission in July 2011 by Governor Scott Walker and reconfirmed for a full term on March 1, 2013. After leaving the Commission to serve as Secretary of the Department of Administration, she was appointed in January 2019 for a third time by Walker to complete the term of former Commissioner Lon Roberts. Ms. Nowak's term will expire in 2023. Ms. Cameron Valcq was appointed by Governor Evers for a six-year term beginning in January 2019. Governor Evers also appointed her as Commission Chairperson for a two-year term effective March 2, 2019.

The commissioners are assisted by a staff of auditors, accountants, engineers, rate analysts, attorneys, planners, research analysts, economists, consumer specialists, and other support personnel. The staff is divided into several divisions: Division of Business Operations and Office Management; Division of Digital Access, Consumer and Environmental Affairs; Division of Energy Regulation and Analysis; Division of Water Utility Regulation and Analysis; and the Office of General Counsel.

In Wisconsin, most activities of the 28 electric cooperatives are not under the jurisdiction of the PSC. ^[3]