On April 17, Gov. Tom Wolf reappointed Gladys Brown Dutrieuille as Chairman of the Public Utility Commission, effective immediately.
“I am honored by the Governor’s reappointment to this important position,” Chairman Brown Dutrieuille said. “The Commission is steadfastly committed to our key public safety, consumer protection, economic and quality of service regulatory oversight responsibilities, and I look forward to continuing to work on these critical issues with my fellow Commissioners and our dedicated PUC staff.”
Gov. Tom Wolf said in his official letter to Chairman Brown Dutrieuille, “please accept my best wishes for your continued success as chair. I appreciate your commitment to public service to the Commonwealth and the Commission.”
Chairman Brown Dutrieuille is now serving her second term as a Commissioner and Chairman for the Commission, after being nominated by Gov. Tom Wolf on Feb. 13, 2018, and unanimously confirmed by the Pennsylvania Senate on April 17, 2018.
She began her service at the PUC in 2013, and was first appointed as Chair of the Commission in 2015. Her term expires April 1, 2023.
Chairman Brown Dutrieuille has pledged to use the same fair and balanced approach in dealing with PUC issues that she used in her more than 22 years as an aide and counsel in the Pennsylvania Senate.
She has highlighted that one of her goals on the Commission is to increase efforts to educate consumers.
A native of Middletown and a resident of Harrisburg, Chairman Brown Dutrieuille earned her bachelor’s and juris doctorate degrees from the University of Pittsburgh.
She is a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association, Dauphin County Bar Association, the James S. Bowman Inns of Court, the Keystone Bar Association and the Central Pennsylvania Food Bank Board of Directors.
She is an active member at Bethel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Harrisburg. She also is an active member in Epsilon Sigma Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc and the Harrisburg Chapter of AABE (American Association of Blacks in Energy).
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