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PSC Commissioners
The PSC is composed of three full-time Commissioners who decide the cases brought to the PSC for changes
in utility operations, rates and for construction projects after a complete and thorough review of all the
records compiled in the case, including public comments. Commissioners are appointed by the Governor and confirmed
by the State Senate for staggered, six-year terms.
One of these Commissioners is appointed chairperson by the Governor for a two-year term. The Commissioners’
Office, under the direction of the Chairperson, has oversight of all PSC staff related activities.
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Phil Montgomery
Phil Montgomery worked closely with utility, energy and telecommunications issues
 while serving six terms as an elected state representative from Green Bay.
He was appointed to Chairperson of the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin in March 2011 by Governor Scott Walker.
As a Legislator from 1998 to 2010, Representative Montgomery served on the Special Committee on Clean Energy Jobs, Joint Committee on Finance, Assembly Committee on Energy and Utility Committee, Joint Committee on Information Policy and Technology, was the Chairman of the Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities and has served on other related committees in the Assembly and on the Board of Directors of the Wisconsin Public Utility Institute.
He has a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Houston and is a former systems engineer.
If you would like to contact Chairperson Montgomery, please send him an e-mail at: Sandra.Paske@wisconsin.gov.
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Eric Callisto
Eric Callisto has been on the Commission since May of 2008, when he was appointed by Governor Jim Doyle. He was Chairperson of the Commission from the time of his appointment through February of 2011.
He is the At Large Executive Committee member of the Organization of MISO States, and was the Co-Chair of the Upper Midwest Transmission Development Initiative. He is a Wisconsin representative on the Eastern Interconnection States’ Planning Council (EISPC) and is one of the EISPC’s representatives on the Stakeholder Steering Committee of the Eastern Interconnection Planning Collaborative. He serves on the Electricity and International Relations Committees of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.
Prior to his appointment, he was the Executive Assistant to the Chairperson of the PSC. His previous Wisconsin state government positions include Administrator of the Division of Enforcement at the Department of Regulation and Licensing and Assistant Legal Counsel to the Governor.
From 1997 through 2003, he was an Assistant Attorney General at the Wisconsin Department of Justice, in both the Environmental Protection and Civil Litigation units. He has worked as a public defender in New York City and Philadelphia, and as a policy advisor at the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in Washington D.C.
He has a law degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a B.A. in Environmental Sciences from the University of Virginia.
If you would like to contact Commissioner Callisto, please send him an e-mail at: Alice.Heilman@wisconsin.gov.
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Ellen Nowak
Ellen Nowak was appointed to the Wisconsin Public Service Commission in July 2011 by
Governor Scott Walker.
Prior to her appointment, she was the chief of staff to Waukesha County Executive Dan Vrakas.
From 2002-2006 she was the legal counsel and then chief of staff
to the Speaker of the Wisconsin Assembly. She also worked as the deputy director of School Choice Wisconsin. From 1998-2002, Ellen practiced business litigation at Mallery & Zimmerman, SC in Milwaukee.
Ellen has a law degree from Marquette University and a Bachelor of Science from the University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee.
If you would like to contact Commissioner Nowak, please send her an e-mail at: Krystal.Jones@wisconsin.gov. |
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