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Salmon Re-Elected President of NARUC’s Commissioners Emeritus

WASHINGTON, D.C. – For the eighth straight year, Dr. Edward H. Salmon, a former State utility regulator, was elected President of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ (NARUC) Commissioners Emeritus organization.

Formed in 1979, the Commissioners Emeritus program represents former State public utility commissioners from around the country. It serves as a resource and network of experience for NARUC, its officers and members.

Dr. Salmon served six years as a State utility regulator and three years as President of the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities. During his six years of activity with NARUC, he served as Vice President, President of Great Lakes Conference (16 states), Chairman of NARUC Executive Committee, and Founder of the Washington Action Committee.

In addition, Dr. Salmon was on the Board of Directors for the National Regulatory Research Institute and National Society of Rate of Return Analysts. Dr. Salmon spent 26 years in government as a former Mayor, Freeholder Director, State Legislator, and a member of the Governor’s Cabinet.

“Ed has been actively involved with NARUC for over eighteen years,” said NARUC President Fred Butler of New Jersey. “As a former NARUC officer, he has been a valuable resource and a mentor to many in the organization. Ed Salmon is active in utility issues around the country and we are pleased to have him continue to serve as President of NARUC’s Commissioners Emeritus.”

Also elected as officers of NARUC’s Commissioners Emeritus were Vice-President John M. Quain (Pennsylvania) and Secretary/Treasurer Sandra L. Hochstetter of Arkansas. 

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NARUC is a nonprofit organization founded 1889 whose members include the governmental agencies that are engaged in the regulation of utilities and carriers in the fifty States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. NARUC’s member agencies regulate telecommunications, energy and water utilities. NARUC represents the interests of State public utility commissions before the three branches of the Federal government.

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