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Dr. Alan R. Schriber currently serves as chairman of the PUCO. He was appointed chairman by Gov. Bob Taft in 1999 and reappointed by Taft in 2004 and Gov. Ted Strickland in 2007and 2009. Chairman Schriber also served as a PUCO commissioner from 1983-1989 as appointed by Gov. Richard F. Celeste.
As chairman of the PUCO, Schriber is the head of a 400-person agency that works to oversee the regulation of electric, natural gas, telecommunications, water, and commercial transportation in the state of Ohio. Additionally, Schriber is the chairman of the Ohio Power Siting Board that reviews, evaluates, and approves the siting of electric generation plants and electric and natural gas transmission lines. He was appointed by Gov. Taft to the state of Ohio Security Task Force, and was a member of the United States-Canada Power Outage Task Force that investigated the causes behind the August 2003 blackout.
Chairman Schriber regularly testifies before the Ohio General Assembly on various utility issues and legislation. He has also testified before the United States Congress on energy issues.
In addition to his service to the PUCO, Chairman Schriber has a number of other professional accomplishments. He was an assistant professor of economics at Miami University, Oxford, Ohio, from 1977-1983, owner and president of ARS Broadcasting Corp., in Cincinnati from 1989-1997, and served as a personal investments manager from 1997-1999.
Chairman Schriber earned a B.S. in economics from the University of Wisconsin, Madison, a M.S. in economics from Miami University, Oxford, and a doctorate in economics from Indiana University, Bloomington.