Commissioner Michael C. Moffet

Michael C. Moffet was first appointed to the Kansas Corporation Commission on June 25, 2004 by Governor Kathleen Sebelius. On July 8, 2009, Moffet was reappointed by Governor Mark Parkinson to a second term, pending Senate confirmation.

Moffet has served in regulatory and public service capacities at the state and federal levels. His governmental roles included serving as counsel to the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science & Transportation, Aviation subcommittee, and as a legislative assistant to former Sen. Nancy Landon Kassebaum. In that capacity, he handled legislation on energy, transportation, banking and foreign affairs.

Moffet's previous regulatory experience included service as assistant administrator for policy, planning and international aviation for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). He was also a special assistant to the administrator of the FAA.

Moffet has been employed by Public Strategies, a Texas public affairs consulting company that provided advice to the president of SBC Kansas, on legislative and regulatory affairs.

Moffet serves on the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Committee on Telecommunications. He has been named to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Federal-State Joint Conference on Advanced Telecommunications Services. The conference serves as a forum for an ongoing dialogue among federal and state commissioners and local and regional entities regarding the deployment of advanced telecommunications capabilities.

Moffet also is president of the Regional State Committee of the Southwest Power Pool (SPP). SPP is a Regional Transmission Organization, mandated by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to ensure reliable supplies of power, adequate transmission infrastructure, and competitive wholesale prices of electricity. The committee provides policy guidance from the state regulatory perspective on these issues.

A native of Norton, Kansas, Moffet graduated from the University of Kansas, earning a Bachelor of Science degree, with distinction, from the William Allen White School of Journalism is 1972. He obtained his Juris Doctorate from the University of Kansas School of Law in 1975.

Moffet is serving his second four-year term that will expire on March 15, 2012.