Philip L. Bartlett II, J.D., was appointed to the Commission as Chair in June 2019 by Governor Janet Mills. Bartlett is also Governor Mills’ appointed manager to the board of the New England States Committee on Electricity (NESCOE), and he serves on the Executive Committee of the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners (NECPUC) and on the board of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC). He was also nominated by NARUC to serve on the Federal and State Current Issues Collaborative.
Prior to his appointment, he practiced law with Scaccia, Bartlett & Chabot. He served in the Maine Senate from 2004 to 2012 and was elected by his peers to serve as Senate Majority Leader from 2008 to 2010. Bartlett chaired the Energy, Utilities and Technology Committee as well as the Joint Select Committee on Maine’s Energy Future and he served on the Government Oversight Committee, Natural Resources Committee and Labor Committee. He taught micro and macroeconomics at the collegiate level. Chairman Bartlett holds a juris doctorate degree from Harvard Law School. He completed his undergraduate work at Tufts University, where he graduated Summa Cum Laude majoring in Economics and Political Science. His initial term expired in March 2025, and he was reconfirmed to a second term which expires March 31, 2031.