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Jeff Davis
Commissioner
Commissioner Jeff Davis was appointed to the Missouri Public Service
Commission by Gov. Holden on May 13, 2004 and was reappointed to a
six-year term by Gov. Blunt in April 2006. He was appointed Chairman of
the PSC by Gov. Blunt on January 10, 2005 and served as Chairman until
January 13, 2009.
Commissioner Davis serves as a member of the Missouri Universal Service
Board, the Financial Research Institute Advisory Board, the National
Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) where he serves
on the electric committee, the Southeast Missouri State Alumni
Association Board of Directors, the Advisory Board for the University
of Missouri Delta Center for Agricultural Development in Southeast
Missouri, President of the Mid-America Association of
Regulatory Commissioners (MARC), Treasurer of the Regional State
Committee for Southwest Power Pool and a member of the Board of
Directors for the Organization of MISO States (OMS).
Commissioner Davis has served as Chair of the Missouri Energy Task Force, Chairman of the FRI Advisory Board at the University of Missouri, a member of the FERC Joint Oversight Board for Economic Dispatch for the MISO-PJM region, a member of Missouri’s Homeland Security Advisory Council, the Missouri Oil & Gas Council and a member of the NARUC gas committee.
Prior to his appointment to the Commission, Davis served as General Counsel and Chief of Staff for Missouri Senate President Pro Tem Peter Kinder. While in that capacity, Commissioner Davis provided legal counsel to the Committee on Gubernatorial Appointments and the Senate Administration Committee; managed the President Pro Tem's office; and supervised the President Pro Tem's legislative agenda, which included drafting and helping pass several pieces of legislation such as: the Senior Care and Protection Act of 2003; the Dram Shop Act of 2002; the Religious Freedom Restoration Act; and legislation authorizing Missouri's first sales tax holiday.
From July 1998 until December of 2000, Commissioner Davis was Chief of Staff and General Counsel to Senate Minority Floor Leader Steve Ehlmann. Prior to that, he was a law clerk for the Honorable Paul J. Simon, Missouri Court of Appeals, E.D. and was a legal intern in Missouri Attorney General Jay Nixon's Labor Division.
Commissioner Davis graduated cum laude with a bachelor's of science degree in political science from Southeast Missouri State University in 1994 and received his juris doctorate degree from Washington University in 1997. Commissioner Davis was admitted to the Missouri Bar in October 1997, is a member of the Missouri Bar Association and Midwest Energy Bar Association.
Commissioner Davis resides in Jefferson City with his wife Tiffany (Southeast '96) and daughters Micah, Mackenzie and Mayson. He is the President of the Congregation at Faith Lutheran Church and is a member of the General Council of the Phi Delta Theta Fraternity.