Louisiana Public Service Commission

Louisiana Public Service Commission

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Agency overview
Formed	June 18, 1921 (1921-06-18)
Preceding	Railroad Commission of Louisiana
Type	Independent regulatory agency
Jurisdiction	Louisiana
Headquarters	Galvez Building Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Annual budget	$10,242,843 (FY 2021)
Agency executives	Mike Francis, Chairman Craig Greene, Vice Chairman
Key document	Article IV, Section 21 of the Louisiana Constitution
Website	www.lpsc.louisiana.gov

Politics of Louisiana
Constitution and law United States Constitution Louisiana Constitution Louisiana law
Executive Governor John Bel Edwards (D) State Cabinet Lieutenant Governor Billy Nungesser (R) Secretary of State Kyle Ardoin (R) Attorney General Jeff Landry (R) State Treasurer John Schroder (R) Commissioner of Agriculture and Forestry Mike Strain (R) Commissioner of Insurance Jim Donelon (R) Public Service Commission Board of Elementary and Secondary Education
Legislature State Senate President Page Cortez (R) President pro tempore Beth Mizell (R) Minority Leader Gerald Boudreaux (D) House of Representatives Speaker Clay Schexnayder (R) Speaker pro tempore Tanner Magee (R) Majority Leader Blake Miguez (R) Minority Leader Samuel Jenkins Jr. (D)
Judiciary Supreme Court Chief Justice John L. Weimer (I) Justice William J. Crain (R) Justice Scott Crichton (R) Justice James T. Genovese (R) Justice Jay McCallum (R) Justice Jefferson D. Hughes III (R) Justice Piper D. Griffin (D) Louisiana Circuit Courts of Appeal Louisiana District Courts Parish and City Courts Mayor's Courts Justice of the Peace Courts
Elections Nonpartisan blanket primary Political parties Qualified Louisiana parties Democratic Party Republican Party Green Party Reform Party Libertarian Party National minor parties Political party strength
Administrative divisions Parishes (64) Municipalities (303) School districts
Federal representation U.S. Senate (list) Bill Cassidy (R) John Kennedy (R) U.S. House of Representatives (list) 1: Steve Scalise (R) 2: Troy Carter (D) 3: Clay Higgins (R) 4: Mike Johnson (R) 5: Julia Letlow (R) 6: Garret Graves (R)
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The Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC)^[1] is an independent regulatory agency which manages public utilities and motor carriers in Louisiana. The Commission was created by Article IV, Section 21^[2] of the 1921 Constitution of the State of Louisiana.^[3] It succeeded the Railroad Commission of Louisiana that was created by the 1898 Constitution.^[4] The commission has five elected members chosen in single-member districts for staggered six-year terms. Thus the commissioners have large constituencies (bigger, e.g., than Congressional districts), long terms (6 years), and close involvement with issues of intense consumer interest (such as electricity bills); consequently membership in LPSC has been known to serve as a springboard to even higher public office, as in the cases of Huey Long, Jimmie Davis, John McKeithen, and Kathleen Babineaux Blanco — LPSC members who became governors of Louisiana.