Alabama Public Service Commission - Current Commissioners

Current Commissioners

• President: Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh (R)
• Associate Commissioners:
  • Terry Dunn (R)
  • Jeremy H. Oden (R)

Recent Associate Commissioner Twinkle Andress Cavanaugh was elected to the Presidency of the PSC on November 6, 2012, when she defeated the one term incumbent Democrat Lucy Baxley. Mrs. Baxley had been the only remaining statewide elected Democrat still in office in Alabama and was first elected in 2008, with a margin of about 10,000 votes which translated into 50.3% of the vote over Republican Twinkle Cavanaugh. Commissioner Baxley previously served as Alabama State Treasurer and Lieutenant Governor before losing a race for governor to incumbent Bob Riley in 2006.

Commissioner Cavanaugh, in defeating Mrs. Baxley in 2012 received just over 55% of the ballots cast and had a margin of about 100,000 vote. She had previously served as both Executive Director and later was elected as the first female Chairman of The Alabama Republican Party. She was initially elected to the Commission on November 2, 2010, in her third campaign for statewide office. She defeated long-time commissioner Jan Cook with 56% of the vote and a margin of more than 186,000 votes. The seat that Ms. Cavanaugh is vacating for the PSC Presidency will be filled for the remainder of her term by an appointee by Governor Robert Bentley.

Commissioner Terry Dunn was elected in 2010 when he defeated incumbent Susan Parker. Despite being outspent by a more than 2-1 margin he won 55% of the vote and a margin of more than 150,000 votes. Mr. Dunn is from Gadsden and is the owner of Dunn Development Corp. and Dunn Investment Group. He is also a trustee for the Alabama Institute for the Deaf and Blind.

Commissioner Jeremy H. Oden was appointed to a vacancy on the PSC by Governor Robert Bentley at the beginning of December, 2012 to the seat vacated by Ms. Cavanaugh upon her election to the PSC Presidency. Mr. Oden had served in the Alabama House of Representatives from 1998 until his appointment. Both he and Commissioner Dunn will have to stand for re-election in 2014.