Gov. Charlie Crist is expected to announce his replacements for his two ousted appointees to the state utility-regulation board on Wednesday, and will choose from a list of eight applicants that includes many with deep ties to utility companies. Crist interviewed the candidates last week to fill two positions on the Public Service Commission and told The Miami Herald/St. Petersburg Times that he wants to select a commissioner who is willing to offer an independent, pro-consumer point of view, and that “some more than others'' fit that criterion. The appointments will fill two positions on the PSC that were vacated when the Florida Senate rejected David Klement and Benjamin “Steve'' Stevens for confirmation in April. Crist's list was put together by the PSC Nominating Council, a 12-member board with a chairman and six members who are legislators. Sen. Mike Bennett, a Sarasota Republican and chairman of the council, called the list of applicants “one of the most qualified'' the panel had ever seen. The same council last month rejected the reappointment of two sitting PSC commissioners, Nancy Argenziano and Nathan Skop. Some council members said the commissioners had not been cooperative, and the council wanted to “start over'' on the board. More here.
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