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The Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) is an independent regulatory agency dedicated to
serving the public interest by assuring safe, reliable, and reasonably priced services for the
public utilities and motor carriers.
The LPSC consists of five elected Commissioners who serve overlapping terms of
six years and a staff of 92, created by Article VI, Section 3-9 of the Louisiana
Constitution of 1921. The LPSC succeeded The Railroad
Commission of Louisiana, which was created by the Constitution of 1898. The
LPSC's constitutional authority was reaffirmed by the Constitution of 1974, in
Article IV, Section 21.
The overall goals of the Commission are to ensure a regulatory balance that
enables utilities to provide customers with safe, adequate and reliable service,
at rates that are just and reasonable, equitable and economically efficient, and
that allow utilities an opportunity to earn a fair rate of return on their
investment.
In addition, the Commission continues to take an active and cautious role in
development of a competitive, market-based approach to utility regulation whenever such an
approach is in the public interest.
2012 SEARUC Conference
June 3-6
The Ritz-Carlton Hotel
New Orleans, Louisiana
Conference Information
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