Commissioner Scott was appointed by Governor John Lynch as Commissioner of the New Hampshire Public Utilities Commission in March 2012. He previously served with the New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services as Air Resources Division Director (2003-2012), a position to which he was originally appointed by Governor Craig Benson. Prior to 2003 he served in various positions with the Department of Environmental Services. He worked as an engineer in private industry from 1990 to1995 and as a Munitions and Aircraft Maintenance officer in the United States Air Force from 1986 to 1990.
Commissioner Scott serves on the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) Board of Directors, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative, Inc. (RGGI) Board of Directors and Co-Chairs the New England Conference of Public Utilities Commissioners (NECPUC) subcommittee on cyber security. In September 2013 Governor Maggie Hassan named Commissioner Scott as New England States Committee on Electricity (NESCOE) manager for the State of New Hampshire, a position he still holds.
Commissioner Scott holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering from Lehigh University. Additionally, he recently retired from the Air National Guard after 30 years of Air Force service, serving as commander of three cyber operations and engineering squadrons during his career.