About MACRUC

Officers
President
Betty Ann Kane
District of Columbia Public Service Commission
bakane@psc.dc.gov

First Vice President
David Armstrong
Kentucky Public Service Commission
David.armstrong@ky.gov

Second Vice President
Garry Brown
New York State Public Service Commission
garry_brown@dps.state.ny.us

Secretary-Treasurer
Patricia Acampora
New York State Department of Public Service
Patricia_acampora@dps.state.ny.us

Immediate Past President
Lawrence Brenner
Maryland Public Service Commission
lbrenner@psc.state.md.us

2010 - 2011 Board Members
Joann Conaway, Delaware
Jeanne Fox, New Jersey
Wayne Gardner, Pennsylvania
Donald Cole, Virgin Islands
Mark Christie, Virginia
Jon McKinney, West Virginia

Mission
MACRUC promotes region-wide advancement of public utility regulation and the related regulatory, legislative, and policy interests of MACRUC membership, consistent with MACRUC member state public utility commissions, through:
  • study, discussion, and advancement of issues in public utility regulation that affect consumers, regulatory commissions, other state and federal agencies, and the electric, telecommunications, natural gas and other industries as regulated by member states,
     
  • promotion of the uniformity of regulations, and competitive regulatory initiatives through the coordinated efforts of MACRUC, and other regional state public utility commissions, federal commissions and departments, and trade associations that support the goals and programs that are consistent with the purposes of MACRUC,
     
  • enhancement of the public interest to ensure that consumers benefit from competition, and remain protected from market power abuses,
     
  • exchange of information regarding the regulatory, policy, and administrative issues between MACRUC, and other regional state public utility commissions, and between MACRUC and federal regulatory commissions and departments that are represented in the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners ("NARUC").

2011-2012 Committee Leadership

Committee on Electricity:
Lawrence Brenner, (MD) Chair : lbrenner@psc.state.md.us
Staff Subcommittee on Electricity:
Dan Cleverdon, (DC) Co-Chair : dcleverdon@dcpsc.org
Michael Krauthamer, (MD) Co-Chair : mkrauthamer@psc.state.md.us
Committee on Gas:
Robert Curry, (NY) Chair : robert_curry@dps.state.ny.us
Staff Subcommittee on Gas:
Tom Dvorsky, (NY) Chair : Thomas_Dvorsky@dps.state.ny.us
Committee on Telecommunications:
Betty Ann Kane, (DC) Chair : bakane@psc.dc.gov
Staff Subcommittee on Telecommunications:
Joe Witmer, (PA) Co-Chair : joswitmer@state.pa.us
Katie Cummings, (VA) Co-Chair : Katie.cummings@scc.virginia.gov
Committee on Water:
Pat Acampora, (NY) Chair: Patricia_acampora@dps.state.ny.us
Staff Subcommittee on Water:
James Evensen, (NY) : jee@dps.state.ny.us
Committee on Bylaws:
Mark Christie, (VA) Chair: mark.christie@scc.virginia.gov
Jeanne Fox, (NJ) : Jeanne.fox@bpu.state.nj.us
Jon McKinney, (WV) : jmckinney@psc.state.wv.us
Committee on Nominations:
Lawrence Brenner, (MD) Chair: lbrenner@psc.state.md.us