But the unprecedented damage in the wake of April’s storms was unlike anything anyone had ever seen. She even paid for her lunch at the Rotary Club!Įnsuring reliable service is a challenge for the PSC in any environment. “I am not leaving this chair,” she said emphatically, “until we have real ethics reform.” And she has led by example: Twinkle Cavanaugh does not use a state car, and does not use a state cell phone when on the job. To the first point, Cavanaugh hs worked hard to “clean up the perception” of the PSC, and she set the tone in her first meeting. She wants hard working and ethical commissioners, reliable services and reasonable rates. Amid all of these tasks Cavanaugh has determined three points of focus for her administration. The PSC regulates certain natural gas utilities, for example, transportation (ever wonder who regulates out eighteen-wheelers, limo services and moving companies?) and some of what is left of the land-line phone network. But the PSC does much more, especially the other kinds of regulation work that no one else wants to do. Most recongnize the importance of the PSC for regulating power utilities, Cavanaugh said, and that is certainly one of her main responsibilities. Cavanaugh is now hard at work in her new post, and she spoke to the noon meeting of the Tuscaloosa Rotary Club last Tuesday about some of the challenges she faces. And yes, that is his real name, too. But the name recognizion factor must have worked. So did her Republican colleague Young Boozer. Alabama’s Public Service Commissioner Twinkle Cavanaugh had to field the question often on the campaign trail.

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