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• Kevin D. Gunn, chairman of the Missouri Public Service Commission plans to leave the regulatory agency on March 1; Gunn was appointed to the commission in 2008 and named chairman in 2011.
• One of Gunn's top priorities as chairman had been to make the state agency operate more openly, including its operation with utilities.
• Gunn said that the current lull in rate cases and other issues made this an ideal time to step away from the commission.

From the article:

Gunn said he is proud of the efforts he and the commission took to balance the interests of consumers, industrial groups, environmental advocates and utilities. He also served on a committee for the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.

Before his appointment as a regulator, he worked for large law firms in St. Louis and was chief of staff for Dick Gephardt, who was then majority leader in the U.S. House. ...