Lisa Polak Edgar was reappointed to the Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) by Governor Charlie Crist for a four-year term beginning January 2009. From January 2006 to January 2008, she served as Chairman and participated as a member of the Florida Energy Commission and the Governor's Action Team on Energy and Climate Change.
During her first term, Commissioner Edgar worked to develop policies to strengthen the state’s electric infrastructure to better prepare for, and withstand, storm events; to establish net metering and interconnection rules that encourage customer participation and renewable energy development; to further the diversification of Florida’s fuel supply; to effectively reform the collection and distribution of universal service funds; and to broaden stakeholder participation.
She is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Board of Directors and the Telecommunications Committee. Commissioner Edgar serves on the Federal Communications Commission Universal Service Joint Board and the U.S. Department of Transportation Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee. She is a member of Leadership Florida.
Prior to joining the PSC, Commissioner Edgar served as Deputy Secretary for the Florida Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). Her responsibilities at DEP included oversight of the agency's $2.1 billion budget, fiscal and strategic planning, accountability measures, information technology, administrative services, geological survey, and coordination between the state and federal government on environmental issues, including oil and gas drilling on the Outer Continental Shelf. Commissioner Edgar represented the State of Florida on the Minerals Management Service Outer Continental Shelf (OCS) Policy Committee from 1993-2004, and on the Subcommittees on Environmental Studies in OCS Areas under Moratoria and OCS Hard Minerals.
During her career in public service, Commissioner Edgar has also served as chief analyst on Environmental Policy for the Office of Policy and Budget, Executive Office of the Governor; senior cabinet aide in the Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services; staff counsel and legislative analyst for the Florida Senate Committees on Reapportionment and Regulated Industries; completed the Harvard Kennedy School of Government Program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government; and co-taught a special topics graduate course on the Everglades at Florida A&M University.
Commissioner Edgar received a Bachelor of Science and a Juris Doctorate from Florida State University and is a member of the Florida Bar. She studied in London during her undergraduate education and in Yugoslavia during law school. She and her husband are raising their two young children in Tallahassee.
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