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Name: Kristie Fiegen
Position: Chairperson
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Term End Date: 1/6/2025
Biography:
Kristie Fiegen was appointed to the PUC by Gov. Dennis Daugaard on Aug. 9, 2011, to fill a vacancy on the commission. Kristie was then elected to the commission in November 2012 and re-elected in November 2018. She has served as chairperson of the PUC in 2017, 2018 and 2023 and vice chairperson in 2012, 2015, 2016, 2021 and 2022. She is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners’ Committee on Gas and Subcommittee on Pipeline Safety and holds leadership positions in the Southwest Power Pool regional transmission organization. Kristie provides guidance related to the interests of the public and gas consumers to the Gas Technology Institute as a member of GTI’s Public Interest Advisory Committee.
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Name: Gary Hanson
Position: Vice Chairman
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Term End Date: 1/4/2027
Biography:
Gary Hanson currently serves as vice chairman of the South Dakota Public Utilities Commission. He was elected to the PUC in 2002 and re-elected in November 2008, November 2014 and November 2020. He served as the commission's chairman in 2005, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2019 and 2020. Gary represents South Dakota on the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners' Committee on Electricity. He has been the president of the Mid-America Regulatory Conference, represented the nation's NARUC commissioners on the steering committee of the National Wind Coordinating Collaborative and is a member of the Advisory Council for New Mexico State University's Center for Public Utilities. He served on the board of the Organization of MISO States for 20 years, including stints as treasurer and on the executive committee.
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Name: Chris Nelson
Position: Commissioner
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Term End Date: 1/2/2029
Biography:
Chris Nelson was appointed Jan. 8, 2011, by Gov. Dennis Daugaard to fill a vacancy on the commission and was elected by South Dakota voters in November 2012 to continue his service for the remaining four years of the term. He was re-elected to a full term in November 2016, garnering the highest electoral percentage ever for a contested statewide race, and was again re-elected by a statewide vote in 2022. Chris served as the PUC's chairman in 2012, 2015, 2016 2021 and 2022 and as vice chairman in 2011, 2013, 2014, 2019 and 2020. He is a member of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners serving on its Board of Directors, co-chairing the Washington Action Program, is a member of its Investment Committee and is a past chairman of its Committee on Telecommunications. Chris represents South Dakota as a board member for the Organization of MISO States.
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