Past Commissioners

Commissioner Warren D. Arthur, IV

Born July 7, 1948 in Hartsville, South Carolina; Wingate Junior College, Campbell College (BS, Business), University of South Carolina, Columbia Bible College and Liberty University; Army National Guard; President and Owner of W D Arthur Oil Company 1970-81; Hartsville City Councilman 1973-76; State Representative 1976-86; President National Conference of Insurance Legislators 1983; columnist for Hartsville Messenger 1976-86; President of Pee Dee Food Systems, Inc. 1979-82; Insurance Agent 1982-85; Program Coordinator for Governor’s Office 1987-90;married (Barbara) five children; assumed Commissionership March 20, 1991; term ended June 30, 1998.

Elected to the Commission in February 2000.

University of South Carolina (BS, Marine Science/Oceanography), Clemson University (MS, Environmental Systems Engineering), University of South Carolina (Ph.D., Marine Science/Oceanography), Certified Civil Court Mediator by the SC Council for Conflict Resolution.

Hydrologist, United States Geological Survey (1977-1979), Extension Specialist, North Carolina State University (1981-1984), Section Chief, N.C. Division of Soil and Water Conservation (1984-1985), Surface Water Hydrology Section Chief, South Carolina Water Resources Commission (1985-1994), Senior Scientist, South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (1994- 1996), Research Associate Professor, University of South Carolina (1996-2000)

Professional  Affiliations

National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
NARUC - Committee on Water
Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners
American Water Works Association and SC Section
Term ended March 2004.

Commissioner Cecil A. Bowers

Born September 1, 1926 in Cassatt, South Carolina; US Marines 1944-46; general manager of radio state in Camden, South Carolina 12 years; Kershaw County Coroner 1975-82; four children; assumed Commissionership July 1, 1982; term ended June 30, 1998.

Philip T. Bradley

EDUCATION:
Furman University – 1969 BA Business Administration Courses of Special Attention: Corporate Finance; Industrial Organizational Structure; Public and Governmental Organizations Finance; National Judicial College/Administrative Law for Regulatory   Agencies; Michigan State University/Eli Broad School of Management/Regulatory Studies
 

EXPERIENCE:

1994 – 2002                S.C. Public Service Commission/4^th District – Commissioner

1985 – 1995                Philip T. Bradley, Inc. Realtors – Owner/Manager

1983 – 1985                Austin Moving & Storage Company – Vice President/Marketing

1973 – 1983                Philip T. Bradley, Inc. Realtors – Owner/Manager

1969 – 1973                Cothran-Sims-Baker, Inc. Realtors – Marketing/Sales
 

LEGISLATIVE:

1979 – 1988                South Carolina House of Representatives, District 21
 

COMMITTEE ASSIGNMENTS:

1979 – 1984                SC House Education and Public Works Committee

1985 – 1988                SC House Labor, Commerce & Industry Committee

1994 – 1998                NARUC Gas Committee

1998 – 2002                NARUC Electric Committee
 

APPOINTMENTS:

1980 – 1988                National Conference of State Legislatures Federal- State Assembly Education Committee

1979 – 1982                South Carolina Education Improvement Task Force

1984 – 1986                Senate-House Review Committee to review the Master Plan on higher education.  (One of six appointed to review and make a report to the General Assembly) 

1990 – 1994                State Election Commission (Gubernatorial Appointment)

1996 – 1998                Vice Chairman, South Carolina Public Service Commission

1998 – 2000                Chairman, South Carolina Public Service Commission

1999 – 2002                Electric Power Research Institute
 

ACCOMPLISHMENTS – Business and Professional
 

                                    President & V. Pres. – Greenville Multiple Listing Service

                                    Vice President & Secretary – Greenville Board of Realtors

                                    Board of Directors: - Greenville Board of Realtors/Multiple Listing Service/ SC Association of Realtors

                                    Graduate of Realtor Institute (USC)

                                    Security Federal Savings & Loan-Advisory Board of Directors

                                    Baptist Courier – Board of Trustees

                                    President YMCA Youth and Government 

                                    Member, Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

                                    Member, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners

                                    YMCA Youth-in-Government Leadership Award Named – 
Philip T. Bradley Leadership Award
 

MILITARY SERVICE:

1961 – 1966                U.S. Army Reserves

Commissioner Guy Butler

Born March 26, 1926 in Greenwood, South Carolina; US Navy, World War II; wholesale-retail produce businessman; State Representative 1961-63; two children; assumed Commissionership February 27, 1963; retired June 30, 1998.

Born August 15, 1948, in Athens, Georgia.

Married Anne West Carruth on December 16, 1978.

Children: Herbert Clay, III; George West; Carl West

Served in the United States Army from February 28, 1969 until February 22, 1971, when he was honorably discharged. He received a B.A. in Philosophy from the University of South Carolina (USC) in 1973. He was a Ph.D. candidate at USC in Comparative Literature from 1973-1976; he resigned to attend the University of Tennessee School of Law from 1977-1979. He received his J.D. from the USC School of Law in 1980.

Worked with:

Office of the South Carolina Attorney General, staff attorney, 1982-1984;

Office of the South Carolina Attorney General, assistant Attorney General (child support division), 1984-1985;

Public Service Commission of South Carolina, staff counsel, 1985-1990; and

South Carolina Senate Medical Affairs Committee, director of research and attorney, since 1990. He is a member of the South Carolina Bar Association.

Served on the following civic, charitable, etc. organizations:

Southern Legislative Conference Energy and Environment Committee;

Buckley School of Public Speaking Forensic Society;

Federalist Society;

Wilson Hall Athletic Association;

Camden Country Club; and

Springdale Hall Club.

 

Elected to Public Service Commission of South Carolina July 1, 1998

Member, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).

Member, Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (SEARUC).
Term ended March 2004.

Commissioner Scott Elliott

Born: October 6, 1952, in Wilmington, Delaware,

Married: Mary Montgomery Elliott, three children.

Education: University of South Carolina College of Journalism (B.A., 1973); University of South Carolina (J.D., 1977). Assistant Attorney General, Office of South Carolina Attorney General, 1977-1982. Richland County Republican Party Chairman, 1986-1997; Chairman, Richland County Public Defender Corporation, 1994-1995.

Member of: South Carolina Bar, 1977 ; Richland County and American Bar Associations; U.S. District Court, District of South Carolina; U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Appointed as Interim Commissioner to the Public Service Commission of South Carolina July 2, 1999.
Served until February 29, 2000.

Commissioner Rudolph Mitchell

Born September 6, 1926 in Saluda, South Carolina; US Army, World War II; dairy farmer; State Representative 1963-73; married (Faye) two children; assumed Commissionership July 1, 1973; term ended June 30, 1998.

 

 

Commissioner Robert G. Rowell

William "Bill" Saunders

Johns Island, S.C.

First District: Berkeley, Charleston, Dorchester, Georgetown & Horry

Term: 1994-2004

Born February 14, 1935.

Married to Henrietta J. Saunders.

Children: William , Jr.; Sharon; Loretta; Kathleen; Byron; Gary; Alphea; Myra; Clinton; Tamara

Served in the US Army from 1951 until he was honorably discharged as a staff sergeant in 1954.

Graduated from:

Laing High School, 1956; Southern Business College, Business Management, 1974; and Southern Illinois Univ., Vocational Education, 1977-1978.

Member of the following professional/civic organizations:

SC Broadcasters Assoc., Pres. 1988; Nat'l Assoc. Of Broadcasters; Nat'l Assoc. Of Regulatory Utility Comm.; Nat'l Water Comm.; Trident Urban League, Board, Founding Member; Wesley United Methodist Church; Founder and Executive Director, Committee on Better Racial Assurance (COBRA; College of Chas., Business School, Bd. of Governors; Rotary International Breakfast Club; YMCA, Pres. 1991;Charleston Southern Univ., Bd. of Visitors; 17th inductee to the Broadcasters Hall of Fame; 1993 member of the Black Hall of Fame and attended the Administrative Law-Fair Hearing at Univ. of Nevada.

Recognitions:

Malcolm D. Haven Community Service Award; the Harvey Gantt Award; NAACP Outstanding Service Award; Arabian Temple #139 Public Service Award, Links, Inc. Outstanding Service in the Arts Award; Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Outstanding Service Award. Featured in national media including The Today Show, New Yorker magazine, Black Enterprises, National Geographic, Redbook, The Washington Post and New York Times.

Elected to Public Service Commission of South Carolina 1994.
Member, National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).
Member,  NARUC Committee on International Relations.
Member, Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (SEARUC).
Reelected to Public Service Commission of South Carolina, term July 1, 1998-June 30, 2002.
Elected Public Service Commission Chairman, July 1, 2000-June 30, 2002.
Term ended March 2004.

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Commissioner C. Dukes Scott

Columbia, S.C.

Second District: All of Allendale, Barnwell, Hampton, Jasper and Lexington, as well as parts of Aiken, Beaufort, Calhoun, Colleton, Orangeburg and Richland

Term: 1994-1999

Born August 21, 1949, in Orangeburg, South Carolina.

Married: Judith S. Scott on September 10, 1978.

Served in the United States Army Reserve from 1971 until 1979 when he was honorably discharged. Graduated from Orangeburg High School in 1967; received a B.S. from Clemson University in 1971; and received a J.D., cum laude, from the University of South Carolina in 1974. Admitted to SC Bar in 1974.

Worked with:

Leventis and Scott, Attorney, 1974-1981;

Public Service Commission, Staff Attorney, 1981-1985;

Willoughby and Scott, Attorney, 1985-1986; and

Public Service Commission, Staff, 1986-1994.

Served as a Staff Attorney to the Public Service Commission from 1981-1985; in Staff Positions with the Public Service Commission, including General Counsel and Deputy Executive Director from 1986-1994; and with Budget & Control Board as an advisor to the State Energy Office, 1992-1994.

 

Elected to the Public Service Commission of South Carolina 1994.

Reelected to Public Service Commission of South Carolina, term July 1, 1998-June 30, 2002.  Left office June 1999 to become Administrative Law Judge.

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Nick Theodore

Greenville, SC

Fourth District: Greenville, Spartanburg, Union & Laurens Counties

Term: 2002-2004

Commissioner Theodore was appointed as Interim Commissioner to the Public Service Commission of South Carolina July 1, 2002. He previously served as Senior Counselor to Governor Jim Hodges.  A former Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina (1986-95), he previously served in the South Carolina House of representatives and the South Carolina State Senate for a combined total of 24 years.

While in the General Assembly, he held a number of positions, including Chairman of the House Education and Public Works Committee, Chairman of the Joint Legislative State Employees Committee, Chairman of the Hazardous Waste Management Task Force, Chairman of the Commission on the Future of South Carolina, and Co-chairman of the South Carolina Commission on Government Restructuring.  Mr. Theodore was the architect and chief author of the Education Finance Act, authored legislation establishing the Basic Skills Assessment Testing Program and Restructuring of the Higher Education Commission.  His legislative accomplishments include the passage of bills requiring mandatory jail sentences for armed robbers, creating the Crime Victims Bill of Rights, and allowing drivers to turn right on red.

Mr. Theodore was named Outstanding Legislator by the South Carolina School Boards Association and the South Carolina Alcohol and Drug Abuse Association.  He served on the University of South Carolina Board of Trustees as well as the Boards of Visitors at Clemson University, Winthrop University, and The Citadel.  Chairman of the Greenville County March of Dimes, he was also President of the South Carolina Jaycees and the Greenville Jaycees.

The former President of the William Goldsmith Agency, Mr. Theodore holds a Bachelor of Business degree and an honorary doctorate from Furman University.  He is an active member of St. George Greek Orthodox Cathedral.  Married to Emilie Demosthenes of Savannah, Georgia, he and his wife are the proud parents of three children:  Drew, Angela and Stephanie.  Each of their children has two sons and two daughters, giving them a total of 12 adorable grandchildren.

Term ended March 2004.