Hon. James Garner

Commissioner, Kentucky Public Service Commission
Ex Officio
211 Sower Boulevard, Franfort, KY 40601
Tel: (502)564-3940
jim.gardner@ky.gov

Governor Steve Beshear appointed James W. Gardner as vice chairman of the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) on June 16, 2008, and reappointed him to a second term on July 24, 2012. His term will expire on July 1, 2016.

Commissioner Gardner is Chair of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Task Force on Environmental Regulation and Generation. He co-chaired the December 2009 NARUC/National Council on Electricity Policy conference on Utilities of the Future. Gardner also serves on the Advisory Boards of the Financial Research Institute, the Gas Technology Institute, and the Electric Power Research Institute.

Vice Chairman Gardner was elected to the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Council in 1982 and served until 1986. He was a member of the Fayette County Board of Education from 1993 to 1997, serving as its chairman from 1995 to 1997.

Vice Chairman Gardner graduated from Franklin County High School and received his Bachelor of Arts degree in mathematics from Georgetown College, graduating summa cum laude. Vice Chairman Gardner holds a Juris Doctor degree from the University of Kentucky College of Law, where he was a member of the Kentucky Law Journal and Order of the Coif.

He is married to Michelle Milby Gardner and they have one son.