Regulatory and Compliance

The mission of the Transportation Division is to provide fair and impartial regulation of intrastate common and contract carriers offering services for hire, the LPSC ensures the public that only properly certificated and insured motor carriers of household goods, waste, and passengers are operating in Louisiana. The LPSC ensures that the motoring public is serviced by properly certificated providers of non-consensual towing and recovery services during road emergency situations. It ensures that all state and local police agencies have access to a rotation list of towing and recovery professional that have complied with all liability insurance and financial responsibility requirements of the state. By maintaining and making available to the public a list of properly certificated and insured passenger and household goods carriers, the LPSC ensures that those individuals contract with reliable and legal carriers when obtaining their services.

The mission of the Utilities Division is to provide technical support and assistance to the Commission regarding the regulation of utility companies and common carriers operating in the State of Louisiana. The Utilities Division is charged with the review, analysis and investigation of rates and charges filed before the Commission by electric, gas, water, sewer and telecommunications providers with respect to prudence and adequacy of those rates in order to provide reliable and affordable service to Louisiana customers while allowing the regulated utility to maintain a reasonable and fair rate of return. Additionally, the Utilities Division is to provide technical support and assistance to the Commission staff, the citizens of Louisiana and the jurisdictional utility companies and common carriers with respect to Commission regulations, policies and guidelines.

Tammy Burl - Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Regulatory and Compliance Division

Contact Information

225-342-4439
fax: 225-342-1402