The North Dakota Public Service Commission is a constitutional agency that maintains various degrees of statutory authority over utilities, telecommunications, railroads, grain elevators, pipeline safety, and other functions in North Dakota.
The commission gained authority over the telephone companies in 1915, and over all public utilities (water, gas, steam heat, and electricity) in 1919.
The commission currently consists of three commissioners who are elected on a statewide basis to staggered six-year terms.
[1] All three of the current public service commissioners are from the North Dakota Republican Party.
Sheri Haugen-Hoffart was appointed to the office by Governor Doug Burgum in January 2022.