Louisiana Public Service Commissioner

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The Louisiana Public Service Commissioner is an elected state official responsible for regulating public utilities and certain transportation services in Louisiana, overseeing rates, service quality, and consumer protection.

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Label Occurrences
Louisiana Public Service Commissioner canonical 3

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Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf elected official ⓘ
public utility regulator ⓘ
state constitutional officer ⓘ
branchOfGovernment executive branch of Louisiana ⓘ
canSeekReelection true ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
electedBy voters of Louisiana ⓘ
electedIn single‑member districts ⓘ
employer State of Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana
goal to ensure adequate and reliable service ⓘ
to ensure just and reasonable rates ⓘ
to protect consumers from unfair utility practices ⓘ
hasPower to adopt rules and regulations for utilities ⓘ
to approve or deny utility mergers and acquisitions ⓘ
to hold public hearings on utility matters ⓘ
to issue orders to regulated utilities ⓘ
jurisdiction State of Louisiana ⓘ
linked to: Louisiana
locatedIn Baton Rouge, Louisiana ⓘ
monitors utility compliance with commission orders ⓘ
utility financial and operational performance ⓘ
numberOfOfficeHolders 5 ⓘ
oversees reliability of electric service ⓘ
safety standards for regulated utilities ⓘ
utility infrastructure planning ⓘ
participatesIn rate case proceedings ⓘ
rulemaking proceedings for utilities ⓘ
partOf Louisiana Public Service Commission ⓘ
regulates certain transportation services in Louisiana ⓘ
electric utilities in Louisiana ⓘ
natural gas utilities in Louisiana ⓘ
public utilities in Louisiana ⓘ
telecommunications services in Louisiana ⓘ
wastewater utilities in Louisiana ⓘ
water utilities in Louisiana ⓘ
responsibleFor approving rate changes ⓘ
consumer protection in regulated utility sectors ⓘ
enforcing state utility regulations ⓘ
ensuring service quality of regulated utilities ⓘ
investigating consumer complaints about utilities ⓘ
setting utility rates ⓘ
subjectTo Louisiana Constitution ⓘ
Louisiana statutes on public utilities ⓘ
termLength 6 years ⓘ
worksWith Governor of Louisiana ⓘ
Louisiana Legislature ⓘ
federal utility and energy regulators ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Kathleen Blanco → positionHeld → Louisiana Public Service Commissioner ⓘ
Huey P. Long → positionHeld → Louisiana Public Service Commissioner ⓘ
Long political family → hasProducedOffice → Louisiana Public Service Commissioner ⓘ