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try, Labor and Human Relations and the Department of Revenue. Legal liaison
and assistance
is provided to the agency by the Department of Justice. The commissioner
participates in or is
represented on the Group Insurance Board, Wisconsin Retirement Board, Employe
Trust Funds
Board, Joint Survey Committee on Retirement Systems, Retirement Research
Committee, Wis-
consin Insurance Security Fund Board, and Health Insurance Risk-Sharing Plan.






                      PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

Commissioners: CHARLES H. THOMPSON, chairperson; GEORGE EDGAR, MARY Lou MUNTS.
Executive Assistant to the Chairperson: CHERYL POFAHL, 267-7897.
Secretary to the Commission: JACQUELINE REYNOLDS, 266-8097.
Chief Counsel: STEVEN M. SCHUR, 266-1264.
Staff Economist: SUSAN STRATTON GILMORE, 266-0699.
Conservation and Energy Efficiency: ANITA SPRENGER, 267-3590.
Public Information Officer: GAIL GAWENDA, 266-9600.
Accounts and Finance Division: CONRAD OLESON, administrator, 267-7829.
Engineering Division: SCOT CULLEN, administrator, 266-1567.
Examining Division: ANN PFEIFER, administrator, 266-5473.
Systems Planning, Environmental Review and Consumer Analysis Division: JERRY
E. MENDL, ad-
  ministrator, 267-3588.
Utility Rates Division: VICTOR W. MAYER, administrator, 266-3182.
Administrative Services Division: JOYCE NARVESON administrator, 266-3587.
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 7854, Madison 53707; location: Hill Farms State
Transportation
  Building, 4802 Sheboygan Avenue, Madison.
Telephone: (608) 266-2001.
Publications: Your Bill of Rights as a Residential Gas and Electric Utility
Customer; Your
  Rights as a Telephone Customer; Typical Steps in Major Rate Cases; Guide
to PSC Hearings;
  Making Your Complaint Count; PSC at a Glance; reprint of statutes administered
by or relat-
  ing to PSC (pamphlet); Biennial Report; Weekly Utility Hearing Calendar;
Statistics of Wis-
  consin Public Utilities; Operating Revenue and Expense Statistics - Class
A and B Private
  Electric Utilities in Wisconsin; Comparison of Residential, Commercial
and Industrial Elec-
  tric Bills; Comparison of Electric Resale Rates (Wholesale) to Municipalities,
Small Private
  Companies and Rural Electric Cooperatives; Statistics of Generating Plants
Operated by Wis-
  consin Public Utilities; Analysis of Municipal Electric Utilities Operating
in Wisconsin; map
  showing areas served by electric utilities, Operating Revenue and Expense
Statistics - Class A
  and B Private Gas Utilities in Wisconsin; Comparison of Residential, Commercial
and Indus-
  trial Gas Bills; map showing areas served by gas utilities; Comparison
of Telephone Rates in
  Wisconsin Communities; Operating Statistics of Wisconsin Telephone Utilities;
Telephone
  Companies and Exchanges; map showing telephone exchange service areas;
Comparison of
  Quarterly Water Bills for Incorporated Wisconsin Communities; Public Fire
Protection Reve-
  nue Ratios of Municipal Water Utilities in Wisconsin; An Alphabetical Listing
of Wisconsin
  Communities and Public Utilities Which Serve Them.
Number of Employes: 178.00.
Total Budget 1985-87: $14,229,300.
Statutory Reference: Section 15.79.
  History: Railroad regulation began with the effective date of Chapter 273,
Laws of 1874. The
Public Service Commission in somewhat its present form was created by Chapter
362, Laws of
1905, as the Railroad Commission and given more regulatory jurisdiction over
railroads. This
was extended to include public utilities, both privately and municipally
owned, by Chapter 499,