The commission is composed of a five-member board. Commissioners are appointed to four-year terms by the Governor and are confirmed by the Senate. The Governor appoints commissioners from nominees selected by the Public Service Commission Nominating Council for their knowledge and experience in one or more fields substantially related to the duties and functions of the PSC. These fields include such areas as accounting, economics, energy, engineering, finance, natural resource conservation, public affairs, and law.
The chairman, who is elected to a two-year term by majority vote of the commissioners, serves as the PSC's chief administrative officer, sets commission hearings, establishes panels, assigns cases, presides at hearings and conferences, and performs all other duties as prescribed by law. In the chairman's absence, the senior member of the commission panel presides.
Public Service Commission Regulatory Activity | |
Area of Oversight by Utility Type | Number |
Rates and Services | |
Investor-owned water and/or wastewater utilities | 131 |
Investor-owned natural gas utilities | 8 |
Investor-owned electric companies | 5 |
Safety, rate structure, territorial boundaries, bulk power supply, operations and planning | |
Municipally-owned electric utilities | 35 |
Rural electric cooperatives | 18 |
Safety and territorial boundaries | |
Municipally-owned natural gas utilities | 27 |
Gas districts | 4 |
Competitive markets | |
Competitive local exchange telecommunication companies | 268 |
Pay telephone service providers | 34 |
Incumbent local exchange telecommunication companies | 10 |
Source: Inside the Florida PSC 2020, Florida Public Service Commission, January, 2020. |
Fund | Dollars | Positions | |
---|---|---|---|
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION | |||
PROGRAM: COMMISSIONERS AND ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES | |||
EXECUTIVE DIRECTION AND SUPPORT SERVICES |
6,465,970
|
55.00 |
|
LEGAL SERVICES |
2,840,519
|
28.00 |
|
PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSIONERS |
2,683,259
|
17.00 |
|
PROGRAM: UTILITY REGULATION AND CONSUMER ASSISTANCE | |||
AUDITING AND PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS |
2,535,587
|
28.00 |
|
UTILITY REGULATION |
12,235,825
|
143.00 |
|
TOTAL |
26,761,160 |
271.00 |
Electric vehicle charging infrastructure. Chapter 2020-21, Laws of Florida, requires the Florida Department of Transportation to consult with the PSC to develop a master plan for the development of electric vehicle charging station infrastructure along the State Highway System. The plan will identify the types or characteristics of locations for this infrastructure and barriers to locating the infrastructure and the use of electric vehicles on the State Highway System.
Consumer Affairs Complaint Line, 1-800-342-3552
Office of the Executive Director, 850-413-6463