The Missouri Public Service Commission regulates investor-owned electric, steam, natural gas, water and sewer and telephone companies. Its mission is to ensure Missouri consumers have access to safe, reliable and reasonably priced utility service while allowing those utility companies under our jurisdiction an opportunity to earn a reasonable return on their investment. The PSC also regulates manufacturers and retail dealers who sell new and used manufactured homes and modular units. The commission was established in 1913. The PSC is comprised of five commissioners, who are appointed by the governor.
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Kevin Gunn
Commissioner
Commissioner Kevin Gunn was
appointed to the Missouri Public Service Commission on March 13, 2008,
by Governor Matt Blunt. He was confirmed by the Missouri State
Senate on April 10, 2008 and sworn in on April 21, 2008.
Commissioner Gunn currently serves on the Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment and the Committee on International Relations with the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).
Prior to his appointment to the PSC, Commissioner Gunn was an attorney in private law practice in St. Louis with the law firm of Sonnenschein, Nath and Rosenthal.
In 2000, Commissioner Gunn joined the Gephardt in Congress Committee, working on the congressional campaign of Democratic Leader Richard A. Gephardt. He continued working for the committee until 2003. During his tenure, Commissioner Gunn also worked on congressional redistricting in Missouri and was appointed by Governor Bob Holden to serve on the Missouri Commission on Reapportionment for the representative districts.
From January 2003 until January 2005, Commissioner Gunn was chief of staff to Representative Richard Gephardt overseeing all Congressional operations in Washington D.C. and St. Louis. Upon Representative Gephardt’s retirement in January 2005, he formed Gunn Communications LLC. In 2005, Commissioner Gunn left Gunn Communications LLC to begin work for several large St. Louis law firms, practicing primarily in the area of governmental affairs.
Commissioner Gunn received his Bachelor of Arts in political science from American University in 1992 and earned his Juris Doctor from St. Louis University School of Law in 1996. While in law school, he worked for the Missouri Attorney General’s office and interned for Federal District Judge George F. Gunn (no relation). After graduating from law school, Gunn joined a large St. Louis law firm specializing in general commercial litigation.
Commissioner Gunn currently serves as the Vice-Chairman for the board of St. Joseph’s Hospital in Kirkwood Foundation. He has also served on the Webster Groves City Council, the St. Louis County Fire Standards Commission and the St. Louis Regional Chamber and Growth Association Public Policy Council.
Commissioner Gunn is married to Amy Collignon Gunn, an attorney, and has two sons Connor and Nathan.