Photograph: District 4 Commissioner Mike Francis, Vice Chairman LA Public Service Commission
Crowley – The Louisiana Public Service Commission will hold its monthly Business and Executive Session in Crowley at the Grand Opera House of the South. The Commission travels the state periodically to give the general public a chance to attend and participate in the meeting. Vice Chairman Mike Francis represents District 4 that encompasses Crowley and much of the southwest portion of the state. “I would encourage my constituents to attend the meeting and hopefully get a better understanding about what we do at the Commission” said Francis. The meeting will be on Wednesday, April 26 at 10:00 A.M.
The Louisiana Public Service Commission is an independent regulatory agency dedicated to serving the public interest by assuring safe, reliable, and reasonably-priced services from public utilities and motor carriers. The LPSC, reaffirmed in Article IV, Section 21 of the 1974 Constitution of the State of Louisiana, consists of five elected Commissioners who serve overlapping terms of six years. The Commission has jurisdiction over certain publicly‑owned utilities providing electric, water, wastewater, natural gas, and telecommunication services, as well as all the electric cooperatives in Louisiana. It does not regulate Entergy New Orleans, which is regulated by the New Orleans City Council under its Home Rule Charter.
