• Source: Public utilities commission

      • A public utilities commission is a quasi-governmental body that provides oversight and/or regulation of public utilities in a particular area (locality, municipality, or subnational division), especially in the United States and Canada.
      The utilities in question may be owned by the consumers that it serves, a mutual utility like a public utility district, a state-owned utility, or it may be a stockholder-owned utility either publicly traded on a stock exchange or closely held among just a few investors. These utilities often operate as legal monopolies, which means that they do not compete in a marketplace but are instead regulated by commissions to ensure fair pricing.


      Canada


      In Canada, a public utilities commission (PUC) is a public utility regulator, typically a semi-independent quasi-judicial tribunal, owned and operated within a municipal or local government system under the oversight of one or more elected commissioners. Its role is analogous to a municipal utility district or public utility district in the US.
      Below are the PUCs in Canada:

      Board of Commissioners of Public Utilities (Newfoundland and Labrador)
      British Columbia Utilities Commission
      Manitoba Public Utilities Board
      New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board
      Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board
      Ontario Energy Board
      PEI Regulatory and Appeals Commission
      Former commissions in Ontario include:

      Berlin Public Utilities Commission (1906–1916) in Berlin, Ontario
      Brantford Public Utilities Commission (–2001) in Brantford, Ontario
      Galt Public Utilities Commission (1962–1973) in Galt, Ontario
      Kitchener Public Utilities Commission (1916–1973)


      United States



      In the United States, a public utilities commission (PUC), utilities commission, utility regulatory commission (URC), or public service commission (PSC) is a governing body that regulates the rates and services of a public utility, such as an electric utility. In some cases, government bodies with the title "public service commission" may be civil service oversight bodies, rather than utilities regulators.
      The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners is the national association representing the interests of the public utilities commissions in all 50 states. The Interstate Commerce Commission and Federal Communications Commission perform similar functions in their respective fields in the United States.
      The first state utility regulator was the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin, founded in 1907 under Governor Robert M. La Follette to set minimum standards and regulate rates of monopoly utilities.


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      = Local PUCs

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      Other countries



      Americas
      Bahamas: Bahamas Public Utilities Commission
      Belize: Belize Public Utilities Commission
      Caribbean: Organisation of Caribbean Utility Regulators (OOCUR)
      Chile: Superintendencia de Servicios Sanitarios de Chile
      Costa Rica: Costa Rica Public Utilities Commission
      Dominican Republic: c Utilities Commission
      Others
      France: Commission de Régulation de l'Energie
      Ghana: Public Utility Regulation Council of Ghana (PURC)
      Sri Lanka: Public Utilities Commission of Sri Lanka


      References




      External links


      Public Service Commissioner (state executive office) - List of current commissioners from Ballotpedia
      List of regulatory commissions by state compiled by the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

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