FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Commissioners Ridder, Johnson Re-Elected
to Leadership Positions
Lincoln, January 16, 2019 – District 5, Commissioner Mary
Ridder of Callaway, was elected to serve as Chair of the
Nebraska Public Service Commission for a second year.
District 4, Commissioner Rod Johnson of Sutton, was also
elected to serve a second year as Vice Chair. The two
were chosen to retain their leadership positions during
the Commissions’ January 15, meeting in Lincoln.
Elected to the Commission in November 2016, Ridder, who
is serving year three of a six-year term representing the 47
counties in District 5, said she is looking forward to
continuing her leadership role.
“The Commission has a lot going on right now, including
developing Next Generation 911, assisting with the
regionalization of our Public Safety Answering Points
(PSAPS), pushing Broadband further out into rural areas
and improving monitoring of our grain warehouses
and dealers, home and recreational vehicle manufacturers,
transportation providers, and our regulated natural gas
providers,” Ridder said.
Topping her list of goals for the year is helping to develop
the report to the Legislature from the Rural Broadband Task
Force of which she is a member.
“We’ve got a lot of good heads from a variety of
backgrounds on the Task Force, she stated, and we’re making
progress analyzing the best way for Nebraska to build out
broadband services to homes and businesses who are
unserved or underserved.”
Commission leadership positions are elected on an annual
basis. ###
Contact:
Deb Collins- Media & Communications Mgr.
(402) 471-0226
deb.collins@nebraska.gov
