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Commissioner Katrina J. McMurrian

Katrina J. McMurrian was appointed to the Florida Public Service Commission by Governor Jeb Bush for a four-year term beginning January 2006.

Commissioner McMurrian serves on the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Committee on Consumer Affairs, the Committee on Electricity, the Subcommittee on Education and Research, the FERC/State Smart Grid Collaborative, the FERC/State Competitive Procurement Collaborative, and the National Wireless Consumer Protection Standards Ad Hoc Committee. She also serves on the FERC/State Demand Response Collaborative as Co-Chair, the Subcommittee on Nuclear Issues – Waste Disposal as Vice Chair, the Executive Committee of the Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition, the Advisory Council to the Board of Directors of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), and the Keystone Energy Board. Participation in these bodies affords Commissioner McMurrian the opportunity to engage in national policy issues that impact each of the industries regulated by the Commission, the state economy, and millions of Florida consumers.

Commissioner McMurrian has extensive experience in regulatory policy issues involving energy, water, and telecommunications. In the eleven years prior to appointment, she used her interdisciplinary core competencies in leadership roles on numerous technical and complex matters before the Florida Public Service Commission.

Most recently, Commissioner McMurrian served consecutive terms as Chief Advisor to two Florida Public Service Commissioners: Commissioner Charles M. Davidson (2003-2005) and Commissioner Michael A. Palecki (2001-2003). In this role, she advised the commissioners on technical regulatory matters, financial methodologies, and an array of public policy issues in the areas of energy, communications, and water and wastewater.

Prior to becoming a Chief Advisor, Commissioner McMurrian managed the State Liaison Section of the Commission’s Division of Policy Analysis & Intergovernmental Liaison. Here, she consulted with state and local government agencies on utility-related policy issues of common interest, such as "black water," reuse, universal service, and electric reliability.

For over three years prior to leading the State Liaison Section, Commissioner McMurrian served as the Commission’s primary liaison on all nuclear energy matters. Commissioner McMurrian pursued nuclear waste reform through all plausible avenues - Congressional legislation, federal agency action, and litigation. Working with NARUC and the Nuclear Waste Strategy Coalition (an organization of state commissions, state consumer advocates, state attorneys general, and the nuclear industry), she sought the timely removal of nuclear waste from the state’s two largest electric utilities, an undertaking financed by Florida’s electric consumers. Additionally, Commissioner McMurrian was instrumental in drafting the Commission’s positions on electric industry restructuring, which provided valuable input to Florida’s Congressional delegation on how restructuring proposals would impact the state and its electric consumers. Commissioner McMurrian’s experience in the electric area began in 1994 with a concentration in environmental and fuel cost recovery issues and territorial agreements and disputes.

Since 2001, Commissioner McMurrian has also been involved in policy formulation related to a multitude of communications matters such as unbundled network element pricing, implementation of the FCC’s Triennial Review decisions, universal service, and Lifeline, all of which are impacting and being impacted by a changing competitive landscape. Commissioner McMurrian’s work has afforded her the opportunity to develop a fluency in issues of advanced communications policy, especially those surrounding broadband, wireless, Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), and emerging technologies such as broadband over power lines (BPL).

Commissioner McMurrian was a recipient of the Florida Public Service Commission Extraordinary Accomplishment Award in 1999 and the Florida Public Service Commission Outstanding Achievement Award in 1997, both in recognition of her work on federal energy policy.

A North Florida native, Commissioner McMurrian graduated from Chipley High School. In 1994, she received a Bachelor of Science degree in finance from Florida State University, followed by a Master of Business Administration degree from Florida State University in 1998.

Contact Information
Phone: (850) 413-6040
E-mail: Commissioner.McMurrian@psc.state.fl.us
Staff
Lorena A. Holley, Chief Advisor to the Commissioner: (850) 413-6022
Kay Posey, Executive Assistant to the Commissioner: (850) 413-6024