Alice Busching Reynolds was appointed to the California Public Utilities Commission as President by Governor Gavin Newsom on November 22, 2021, effective December 31, 2021. Prior to her appointment, President Reynolds served for three years as Governor Newsom’s senior advisor for energy. From 2011 to January 2019, she served in the administration of Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr., most recently as the Governor’s senior advisor for climate, the environment and energy and previously as chief counsel and deputy secretary for law enforcement at the California Environmental Protection Agency.

David Hochschild was originally appointed by Governor Jerry Brown in February 2013 and reappointed by Governor Gavin Newsom in January 2019. He fills the environmental position on the five-member Commission where four of the five members by law are required to have professional training in specific areas - engineering or physical science, environmental protection, economics, and law. Commissioner Hochschild’s career has spanned public service, environmental advocacy and the private sector.