RCA Welcomes Commissioner Rebecca L. Pauli
The Regulatory Commission of Alaska welcomes Commissioner Rebecca Pauli. She
was appointed to the Commission by Governor Bill Walker and will serve for a six-year term ending March 1, 2022.
Commissioner Rebecca Pauli is a life-long Alaskan. She is a 1989 graduate of the
Seattle University School of Law. Upon graduation Commissioner Pauli returned to
Alaska and obtained a position clerking for the superior court in Kenai. When her
clerkship ended she took a position as an Assistant Municipal Attorney II for the
Municipality of Anchorage. While at the Municipality of Anchorage Commissioner
Pauli also served as special assistant to the General Manager, Municipal Light and
Power. From 1995-2000, Commissioner Pauli was in private practice. Her practice
focused on the representation of rural cooperatives and for-profit utilities. She was
actively involved in the transition to a competitive marketplace under the Telecom Act
of 1996. In 2000, Commissioner Pauli left private practice to become the Executive
Director of the Nordic Skiing Association of Alaska. In 2002, she became a member
of the administrative judiciary when she joined the Alaska Workers’ Compensation
Board as a hearing officer. In 2007, she joined the Office of Administrative Hearings
as an administrative law judge where she remained until her 2016 appointment to the
Regulatory Commission of Alaska by Governor Bill Walker. Governor Walker’s
appointment brings Commissioner Pauli’s career full circle, back to utilities.
Commissioner Pauli lives in Anchorage with her husband of 24 years, Matthew, and
their three dogs.
Date Issued: 3/4/2016