Independent · Engineer · Zero utility money

Energy bills are up 50% since 2020

Our grid is out 3 times as much as Florida’s. I’m Chris Justin, a licensed engineer running for the Public Service Commission to fix that.

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Chris Justin

Independent · Engineer · Zero utility money

Our grid is failing throughout the state. See more on servicemypole.org →

MEET CHRIS

I’m an engineer, not a politician. I worked for the Public Service Commission and saw the waste up close: utilities padding profits while your bill climbed and the grid got less reliable. I read the 800-page filings the utilities hope nobody opens. That’s the job. That’s why I’m running.

WHY CHRIS?

Your electric bill is up about 50% since 2020. More than 40% of the campaign contributions Louisiana’s utility regulators receive come from the fossil-fuel and utility interests they oversee, the second-highest share of any state that elects its public service commissioners. Your electric bill is somebody’s campaign donation. I’ve taken zero utility money, and I never will.

READ CHRIS' PLAN

Fix Our Grid

Make Data Centers Pay

End Utility Corruption

ELECTION DAY IS NOV. 3, 2026

Chris qualified the hard way: more than 1,200 No Party voters across District 1 signed to put him on the ballot. No party machine. No utility money.

What Is the Public Service Commission?

The most important job you’ve never heard of

The Public Service Commission is the most powerful office you’ve never heard of. It sets how much you pay for power and whether the grid holds up in a storm. Here’s how it works, and why it matters.

  • Sets the rates the big utilities can charge.
  • Decides how much guaranteed profit the utilities collect.
  • Approves or denies rate increases and new power plants.
Read more about the LPSC

LOUISIANA PSC BY THE NUMBERS

A state audit found that Louisiana residents pay higher-than-average electricity bills yet live with one of the least reliable electric grids in the country, experiencing a high number and long duration of power outages even aside from severe weather events.   Learn more.

The LPSC recently decided to "fast-track" major data centers, shifting most of the capital cost onto ratepayers. They pay 25%. You pay 75%. Learn more.

More than 40% of campaign contributions to Louisiana’s Public Service Commissioners come from the utility and fossil-fuel companies they regulate. Learn more.

Do you live in District 1?

Public Service Commission District 1 includes parts of Jefferson, Livingston, Orleans, and St. Charles Parishes, as well as all of Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Helena, St. Tammany, Tangipahoa, and Washington Parishes.