Gov. Inslee reappoints UTC commissioner
Olympia, Wash. - Last week Gov. Inslee reappointed Ann Rendahl as commissioner of the Washington Utilities and Transportation Commission (UTC) for a second six-year term.
Gov. Inslee selected Rendahl to serve another term, which ends Jan. 1, 2027. Rendahl serves on the three-member panel with Chair David Danner and Commissioner Jay Balasbas.
“I congratulate Commissioner Rendahl on her reappointment, and I am delighted to continue to work with her,” said Chair Danner. “She has a wealth of knowledge and experience in energy and transportation regulation. She is a great contributor and a terrific colleague.”
Rendahl is the chair of the Committee on Electricity and a member of the Board of Directors for the National Association of Regulated Utility Commissioners, or NARUC. Rendahl also serves on the Advisory Council for the Electric Power Research Institute and teaches a course on energy regulation at the University of Washington.
Prior to serving as commissioner, Rendahl was the legislative and policy director and the director of the Administrative Law Division, both at the commission. She started at the commission in 2000 as an administrative law judge. Before that she was an assistant attorney general representing the Utilities and Transportation Division of Attorney General’s Office.
Rendahl is a graduate of Wellesley College, and has a law degree from Hastings College of the Law, San Francisco, and a master’s degree of public policy from the Goldman School of Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley.
Her reappointment is subject to confirmation by the Senate during the 2021 Legislative session. A hearing date is pending.
The UTC regulates the rates and services of the state’s investor-owned electric and natural gas utilities, landline telephone companies, solid waste haulers, private water systems and residential movers among other industries. The agency also manages the state’s pipeline, railroad and intrastate bus and trucking safety programs.
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