Jim Sullivan has been President of the Alabama Public Service Commission since 1983. When he was re-elected to the PSC in November 2000, Alabama voters gave him the largest margin of victory of any statewide candidate. In November 2004, he made history in Alabama when he was re-elected while facing no opposition. In November 1998, he was elected president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), the principal voice of the states on national energy and telecommunications policy.
    Commissioner Sullivan holds a Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration from the University of Mississippi, which he attended on a football scholarship. After graduating from Ole Miss in 1968, he went to the University of Alabama, earning a Master's Degree in Banking and Finance in 1969 and his law degree in 1973.
    In addition to his national leadership role through NARUC, Commissioner Sullivan is a member of the Executive Board of Glenwood Mental Health

Services, Inc.  He is a former member of the University of Chicago Board of Governors of the Argonne National Laboratory, and he also served on the advisory council of the Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) in Palo Alto, California.
    Other professional affiliations have included membership on the advisory boards of the Keystone Energy Board, the Institute of Nuclear Power Operations (INPO), the Nuclear Electric Insurance Limited (NEIL), and the National Regulatory Research Institute (NRRI).
    Under Commissioner Sullivan's leadership, Alabama ratepayers have enjoyed 18 reductions in BellSouth telephone rates totaling approximately $275 million. Meanwhile, Alabama Power customers have been assured reliable electric service at rates that consistently rank less than the national average.
    Commissioner Sullivan and his late wife, Susan, were married for over 30 years. He has two daughters and three grandchildren.