In recognition of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) is joining Commissions across the country to encourage a “Day of Utility Service” on Monday, January 15. The initiative is part of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ (NARUC) “Anybody Can Serve, So Let’s Conserve” campaign to highlight Dr. King’s public service legacy.
“In observing Dr. King’s birthday, consumers can honor his legacy in their communities by helping others to conserve energy and lower utility bills,” said PSC Chairman Art Graham. “We encourage Florida residents to turn down their thermostats, install LEDs, and weatherize their homes, and to inspire their neighbors to do the same, following Dr. King’s legacy of service to others.”
Efficiency, demand response, conservation, and affordability are practices that NARUC has emphasized repeatedly as it continues to advance the spirit of its 2008 resolution designating MLK Day as a Day of Utility Service.
About NARUC
NARUC is a non-profit organization founded in 1889 whose members include the governmental agencies that are engaged in the regulation of utilities and carriers in the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. NARUC’s member agencies regulate telecommunications, energy, and water utilities. NARUC represents the interests of State public utility commissions before the three branches of the Federal government.
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PSC Commissioner Brisé Named to NARUC’s Executive Committee
Florida Public Service Commission Commissioner Ronald Brisé was recently appointed to the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Executive Committee by NARUC President Robert F. Powelson.
The NARUC Executive Committee consists of the Association’s three elected officers—President and First and Second Vice President—an appointed Treasurer and at least one other member to ensure all five of the Association’s regional organizations are represented. Commissioner Brisé will represent the Southeastern Regulatory Utility Commissioners. The Executive Committee provides general administrative oversight of the Association.
“Commissioner Brisé’s active service on this Committee is important to the cause of strengthening effective public utility regulation,” President Powelson said.
“It is an honor and a privilege to have been nominated and appointed to the NARUC Board of Directors and the Executive Committee by President Powelson,” said Commissioner Brisé. “As State regulators, it is important to work together to further the goals of each State’s commission, while ensuring that consumers throughout the nation receive safe and reliable utility services.”
Commissioner Brisé is a member of NARUC and has served as NARUC’s representative to the Federal State Joint Board on Universal Service and the Board of Directors of the Universal Service Administrative Company. He also serves as Chair of NARUC’s Presidential Telecommunications Act Modernization Taskforce (TeAM) and is serving on the Federal Communications Commission’s Intergovernmental Advisory Committee for 2017-2019.
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