In the United States, a
public utilities commission (
PUC), which may also be named a
public service commission (
PSC),
corporation commission, or similar, 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.
PUCs in the US by state Local PUCs == Other countries ==