Contact Information for Commissions and Consumer Advocates

ST Commission Consumer Advocate
AL
Jim Sullivan, President
Alabama Public Service Commission
Box 991
Montgomery, Alabama 36101-0991
Voice: (334) 242-5207
Fax: (334) 242-0921
Olivia Martin, Assistant Attorney General
Utilities Division
Office of the Alabama Attorney
Alabama Statehouse
11 South Union Street
Montgomery, Alabama 36130
Voice: (334) 242-7393
Fax: (334) 353-8440
AK
Don Schroer, Chair
Alaska Public Utilities Commission
1016 W. 6th Avenue
Suite 400
Anchorage, Alaska 99501
Voice: (907) 276-6222
Fax: (907) 276-0160
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AZ
Renz D. Jennings, Chair
Arizona Corporation Commission
1200 W. Washington Street
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
Voice: (602) 542-2237
Fax: (602) 542-5560
Greg Patterson
Residential Utility Consumer Office
2828 North Central
Suite 1200
Phoenix, Arizona 85004
Voice: (602) 279-5659
Fax: (602) 285-0350
AR
Sam I. Bratton Jr., Chair
Arkansas Public Service Commission
P. O. Box 400
Little Rock, Arkansas 72203-0400
Voice: (501) 682-2051
Fax: (501) 682-5731
Shirley Guntharp
Office of the Arkansas Attorney
200 Tower Building
323 Center Street
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Voice: (501) 682-2007
Fax: (501) 682-8084
CA
Daniel William Fessler, President
Office of the Director
California Public Utilities Commission
Consumer Affairs Branch
505 Van Ness Avenue
San Francisco, California 94102-3298
Voice: (415) 703-3703
Fax: (415) 703-1758
Comments can be filed by electronic mail, at public public.advisor@cpuc.ca.gov.
  • Toward Utility Rate Normalization
  • 625 Polk Street
  • Suite 403
  • San Francisco, California 94102
  • Voice: (415) 929-8876
  • Fax: (415) 929-1132
  • Michael Shames
  • Utility Consumers' Action Network
  • 1717 Kettner Boulevard
  • Suite 105
  • San Diego, California 92101-2532
  • Voice: (619) 696-6966
  • Fax: (619) 696-7477
CO
Robert J. Hix, Chair
Colorado Public Utilities Commission
1580 Logan Street
Office Level 2
Denver, Colorado 80203
Voice: (303) 894-2000 x 401
Fax: (303) 894-2065
Ken Reif
Office of Consumer Council
1580 Logan Street
Suite 610
Denver, Colorado 80203
Voice: (303) 894-2121
Fax: (303) 894-2117
CT
Reginald J. Smith, Chair
Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control
10 Franklin Square
New Britain Connecticut 06051
Voice: (860) 827-1553
Fax: (860) 827-2613
Guy R. Mazza
Office of Consumer Counsel
10 Franklin Square
New Britain Connecticut 06051
Voice: (860) 827-2900
Fax: (860) 827-2929
DE
Robert J . McMahon, Chair
Delaware Public Service Commission
1560 South DuPont Highway
Dover, Delaware 19901
Voice: (302) 739-4247
Fax: (302) 739-4849
Patricia Stowell
Office of the Public Advocate
Carvel State Office Building
820 N. French Street
Fourth Floor
Wilmington, Delaware 19801
Voice: (302) 577-3087
Fax: (302) 577-3297
DC
Marlene L. Johnson, Commissioner
District Of Columbia Public Service Commission
717 Fourteenth Street N.W.
Room 200, 2nd floor
Washington D.C. 20001
Voice: (202) 626-5100
Fax: (202) 393-1389
Elizabeth A. Noel
Office of the People's Counsel
1133 Fifteenth Street N.W.
Suite 500
Washington, D.C. 20005
Voice: (202)727-3071
Fax: (202) 727-1014
FL
Susan F. Clark, Chair
Florida Public Service Commission
2540 Shumard Oak Blvd.
Gerald L. Gunter Building
Tallahassee, Florida 32399-0850
Voice: (904) 413-6040
Fax: (904) 413-6395
Jack Shreve
Office of Public Counsel
812 Claude Pepper Building
111 West Madison Street
Tallahassee, FL 32399-1400
Voice: (904) 488-9330
Fax: (904) 488-4491
GA
Bob Durden, Chair
Georgia Public Service Commission
244 Washington Street
Suite 155
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Voice: (404) 656-4512
Fax: (404) 656-2341
Jim Hurt
Office of Consumers' Utility Counsel
2 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive
Plaza Level E, Room 356
Atlanta, Georgia 30334
Voice: (404) 656-3982
Fax: (404) 651-9394
HI
Yukio Naito, Chair
Hawaii Public Utilities Commission
465 South King Street Room 103
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Voice: (808) 586-2020
Fax: (808) 586-2066
Charles W. Totto
Executive Director
Division of Consumer Advocacy
250 South King Street, Room 825
Honolulu, Hawaii 96813
Voice: (808) 586-2800
Fax: (808) 586-2780
ID
Ralph Nelson, President
Idaho Public Utilities Commission
P. O. Box 83720
Boise, Idaho 83720-0074
Voice: (208) 334-2898
Fax: (208) 334-3762
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IL
Dan Miller, Chair
Illinois Commerce Commission
160 N. Lasalle
Suite C-800
Chicago, Illinois 60601
Voice: (312) 814-2859
Fax: (312) 814-1818
Martin Cohen
Citizens Utility Board
208 S. LaSalle
Suite 1760
Chicago, Ilinois 62604
Voice: (312) 263-4282
Fax: (312) 263-4329

  • Marie Spicuzza
  • Cook County State's Attorney's Office
  • Public Utility Division
  • 28 N. Clark Street
  • Suite 400
  • Chicago, Illinois 60602
  • Voice: (312) 345-2436
  • Fax: (312) 345-2401
IN
John F. "Jack" Mortell, Chair
Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission
Suite E306
Indiana Government Center South
302 West Washington Street
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204
Voice: (317) 232-2702
Fax: (317) 232-6758
Ann Becker
Office of Utility Consumer Counselor
100 N. Senate Avenue
Room N501
Indianapolis, Indiana 46204-2208
Voice: (317) 232-2494
Fax: (317) 232-5923
IA
Allan T. Thoms, Chair
Iowa Utilities Board
Lucas State Office Building
East 12th and Walnut Streets
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
(515) 281-5167
(515)281-5329
James Maret
Office of Consumer Advocate
Lucas State Office Building
East 12 and Grand
Des Moines, Iowa 50319
Voice: (515) 281-5984
Fax: (515) 242-6564
KS
Tim McKee, Chair
Kansas Corporation Commission
1500 S.W. Arrowhead Road
Topeka, Kansas 66604
Voice: (913) 271-3166
Fax: (913) 271-3354
Citizens' Utility Ratepayer Board (CURB)
1500 S.W. Arrowhead Road
Topeka, Kansas 66604
Voice: (913) 271-3200
Fax: (913) 271-3116
KY

Linda Breathitt, Chairman
Kentucky Public Service Commission
730 Schenkel Lane
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Voice: (502) 564-3940
Fax: (502) 564-3460
Jeff Lagrew
Office of Rate Intervention
1024 Capital Center Drive
Frankfort, Kentucky 40601
Voice: (502) 573-4994
Fax: (502) 573-8314
LA
John F. Schwegmann, Chair
Louisiana Public Service Commission
P.O. Box 91154
Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70821-9154
Voice: (504) 838-5250
Fax: (504) 838-5252
ME
Thomas L. Welch, Chair
Maine Public Utilities Commission
242 State Street
State House Station 18
Augusta, Maine 04333
Voice: (207) 287-3831
Fax: (207) 287-1039
Stephen Ward, Public Advocate
State House Station 112
Augusta, Maine 04333
Voice: (207) 287-2445
Fax: (207) 287-4317
MD
H. Russell Frisby Jr., Chair
Maryland Public Service Commission
16th Floor
6 Saint Paul Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202-6806
Voice: (410) 767-8072
Fax: (410) 333-6495
Michael Travieso
Office of People's Counsel
6 St. Paul Street
Suite 2102
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
Voice: (410) 767-8150
Fax: (410) 333-3616
MA
John Howe, Chair
Massachusetts Department of Public
Utilities
100 Cambridge Street, 12th Floor
Boston, Massachusetts 02202
Voice: (617) 305-3517
Fax: (617) 723-8812
Barbara Anthony
Public Protection Bureau
Office of Attorney General
131 Tremont Street
Boston, Massachusetts 02108
Voice: (617) 727-2901
Fax: (617) 727-5762
MI
John G. Strand, Chair
Michigan Public Service Commission
Mercantile Building
6545 Mercantile Way
P.O. Box 30221
Lansing, Michigan 48909-7721
Voice: (517) 334-6370
Fax: (517) 882-1685
J. Peter Lark
Office of Attorney General
Special Litigation Division
630 Law Bldg., P.O. Box 30212
Lansing, Michigan 48909
Voice: (517) 373-1123
Fax: (517) 373-9860
MN
Donald A. Storm, Chair
Minnesota Public Utilities Commission
121 7 th Place East
Suite 350
St. Paul, Minnesota 55101-2147
Voice: (612) 296-0621
Fax: (612) 297-7073
Eric Swanson
Residential Utilities Division
Office of Attorney General
Suite 1200
NCL Tower
445 Minnesota Street
St. Paul Minnesota 55101-2130
Voice: (612) 296-6504
Fax: (612) 296-7438
MS
Neilsen Cochran, Chairman
Mississippi Public Service Commission
19th Floor
Walter Sillers State Office Building
P.O. Box 1174
Jackson, Mississippi 39215-1174
Voice: (601) 961-5440
Fax: (601) 961-5469
Frank Spencer
Public Advocacy Division
Attorney General's Office
P.O. Box 22947
Jackson, Mississippi 39225-2947
Voice: (601) 359-4209
Fax: (601) 359-4273
MO
Karl Zobrist, Chairman
Missouri Public Service Commission
P. O. Box 360
Truman State Office Building
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102
Voice: (573) 751-3234
Fax: (573) 526-7341
Martha S. Hogerty
Office of the Public Counsel
P.O. Box 7800
Jefferson City, Missouri 65102
Voice: (573) 751-4857
Fax: (573) 751-5562
MT
Nancy McCaffree, Chair
Montana Public Service Commission
1701 Prospect Avenue
P.O. Box 202601
Helena, Montana 59620-2601
Voice: (406) 444-6165
Fax: (406) 444-7618
NE
Daniel G. Urwiller, Chair
Nebraska Public Service Commission
300 The Atrium
1200 N. Street
P.O. Box 94927
Lincoln, Nebraska 68509-4927
Voice: (402) 471-0216
Fax: (402) 471-0254
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NV
John F. Mendoza, Chairman
Nevada Public Service Commission
555 East Washington Ave., Room 4600
Las Vegas, NV 89101
Voice: (702) 486-2600
Fax: (702) 486-2595
Fred Schmidt
Consumer Advocate
1000 East Williams Street
Suite 200
Carson City, Nevada 89710
Voice: (702) 687-6300
Fax: (702) 687-6304
NH
Douglas L. Patch, Chairman
New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission
8 Old Suncook Road
Building No. 1
Concord, New Hampshire 03301-5185
Voice: (603) 271-2442
Fax: (603) 271-3878
Michael W. Holmes
Office of the Consumer Advocate
8 Old Suncook Road
Building #1
Concord, New Hampshire 03301-5185
Voice: (603) 271-1172
Fax: (603) 271-1177
NJ
Herbert H. Tate, President
New Jersey Board of Public Utilities
2 Gateway Center
Newark, New Jersey 07102
Voice: (201) 648-2013
Fax: (201) 648-4195
Blossom Peretz
Division of Ratepayer Advocate
P.O. Box 46005
Newark, New Jersey 07101
Voice: (201) 271-2690
Fax: (201) 624-1047
NM
Wayne Shirley, Chairman
New Mexico Public Utility Commission
Marian Hall
224 East Palace Avenue
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87501-2013
Voice: (505) 827-6947
Fax: (505) 827-6973
Charles F. Noble
Consumer Protection Division
Office of Attorney General
P.O. Drawer 1508
Santa Fe, New Mexico 87504-1508
Voice: (505) 827-6010
Fax: (505) 827-4098
NY
Harold A. Jerry Jr., Chair
New York Public Service Commission
Three Empire State Plaza
Albany, New York 12223
Voice: (518) 474-2523
Fax: (518) 473-2838

  • One Penn Plaza
  • 8th Floor
  • New York New York 10019
  • Voice: (212) 290-4416
  • Fax: (212) 290-4435

  • Ellicott Square Building
  • 295 Main Street
  • Buffalo, New York 14203
  • Voice: (716) 847-3400
  • Fax: (716) 847-3426
  • Timothy Carrey
  • NYS Consumer Protection Board
  • Utility Intervention Office
  • 99 Washington Avenue
  • 10th Floor
  • Albany, New York 12210
  • Voice: (518) 474-3514
  • Fax: (518) 474-2474
    • Robert Piller
    • Public Utility Law Project of New York
    • 39 Columbia Street
    • Albany, New York 12207
    • Voice: (518) 449-3375
    • Fax: (518) 449-1769
    • Robert Ceisler
    • Citizens' Utility Board
    • 146 Washington Avenue
    • Albareeg
      Consumer Advocate Division
      700 Union Building
      723 Kanawha Boulevard East
      Charleston, West Virginia 25301
      Voice: (304) 558-0526
      Fax: (304) 558-3610
    WI
    Cheryl L. Parrino, Chair
    Wisconsin Public Service Commission
    610 North Whitney Way
    Madison, Wisconsin53705-2729
    P.O. Box 7854
    Madison, Wisconsin 53707-7854
    Voice: (608) 7897
    Fax: (608) 266-1401
    David Merritt
    Citizens Utility Board
    16 N. Carroll Street
    Suite 300
    Madison, Wisconsin 53703
    Voice: (608) 251-3322
    Fax: (608) 251-7609
    WY
    Steve Ellenbecker, Chairman
    Wyoming Public Service Commission
    700 West 21st. Street
    Cheyenne, Wyoming 82002
    Voice: (307) 777-7427
    Fax: (307) 777-5700
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