Boards and Commissions

Ohio Legislative Service Commission

Public Utilities Commission Nominating Council

Status	Type of Board	Full-time	Expiration Date
Current	Permanent	No	12/31/2024

Subject to Sunset Review	Partisan Affiliation Restriction	Senate Confirmation Required
Yes	No	Yes

Authority	Total Membership
R.C. 4901.021	12

Dates of Appointment		Term Length
Not specified		Pleasure of appointing authority

Ending Date Of Term	Report Requirements
Not applicable	List of individuals to fill a vacancy due to Governor not more than 85 days nor less than 60 days before the expiration of the term of a public utilities commissioner or not more than 30 days after the death of, resignation of, or termination of service by a commissioner.

Appointment Authority	Membership Composition
Governor, Other, Senate President, Speaker	Members with other stated qualifications, Public members, Statewide elected officials/department heads

Compensation		Staff Assistance
Expenses Only, Other, Per diem: R.C. 124.14; Travel expenses		Executive agency staff

Chairperson	Additional Information
Council selects from among its members

Qualifications
3 appointed by Governor with advice and consent of the Senate: 1 to represent regulated public utilities, 1 to represent organized labor, and 1 to represent business; 1 member of public appointed by House Speaker; 1 member of public appointed by Senate President; 1 person over 65 appointed by Director of Aging; ex officio: Chairman of Consumers' Counsel Governing Board, President of Accountancy Board, Chairman of State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors, President of Ohio State Bar Association, President of Ohio Municipal League, and Director of Development or a designee who is a Department employee. The Accountancy Board, Board of Registration, Association, or League may authorize its representative to designate an alternate.

Qualifications

3 appointed by Governor with advice and consent of the Senate: 1 to represent regulated public utilities, 1 to represent organized labor, and 1 to represent business; 1 member of public appointed by House Speaker; 1 member of public appointed by Senate President; 1 person over 65 appointed by Director of Aging; ex officio: Chairman of Consumers' Counsel Governing Board, President of Accountancy Board, Chairman of State Board of Registration for Professional Engineers and Surveyors, President of Ohio State Bar Association, President of Ohio Municipal League, and Director of Development or a designee who is a Department employee. The Accountancy Board, Board of Registration, Association, or League may authorize its representative to designate an alternate.