CHAIRMAN MARK DAVID GOSS
Governor Ernie Fletcher appointed Mark David Goss Chairman of the Kentucky Public Service Commission in February 2004. He was reappointed by Governor Fletcher in June 2007 to a term ending in June 2011.
Prior to joining the PSC, Chairman Goss was a partner with his father, Eugene Goss, in the law firm of Goss & Goss Attorneys in Harlan. He is the fourth generation of his family to practice law in that community. Chairman Goss’ practice emphasis was in litigation. He routinely appeared in both state and federal courts, as well as before state and federal administrative agencies. He has made appellate appearances at the agency level and before the Kentucky Court of Appeals, the Kentucky Supreme Court and the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. He also has additional experience in banking law, criminal law, real estate law, probate law and corporate law.
Chairman Goss is a member of the Harlan County, Kentucky, Federal and Energy Bar Associations. He is admitted to practice in all Kentucky Courts, federal courts at the District and Circuit Court levels, as well as the Supreme Court of the United States.
Chairman Goss is active in promoting industrial development and education in his home community. He has served on the Harlan County Industrial Development Commission, the Harlan County Judicial Center Planning Committee, and as Chairman of the Buildings and Facilities Committee of the Harlan Independent School System. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Harlan and is a Deacon of the Harlan Baptist Church.
Chairman Goss is a member of the board of directors of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), serves on NARUC’s Electricity Committee and is chairman of the NARUC subcommittee on clean coal technology. He is past president of the Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (SEARUC) and is on the board of directors of the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (MACRUC). He also serves on the board of directors of the Organization of MISO (Midwest Independent System Operator) States (OMS) and is on the board of directors and executive committee of the Organization of PJM States, Inc. (OPSI).
Chairman Goss also is a member of the National Coal Council (NCC), which is the chief advisory panel on federal coal policy, and of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Advanced Coal Technology Work Group.
Chairman Goss received his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Tennessee College of Law. He holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science from Transylvania University.
Chairman Goss and his wife Becky have two daughters, Elizabeth and Sarah. Elizabeth is a student at Furman University and Sarah attends High Point University.