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Christopher "Chris" Justin

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Public Service Commissioner, District 1

2026 Louisiana Public Service Commissioner, District 1 — General Election · November 3, 2026

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2026 Louisiana Public Service Commissioner, District 1 — General Election on November 3, 2026
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Election: 11/03/2026

Office: PSC — District 1

Ballot name: Christopher "Chris" Justin

Party: No Party

Filed date: 02/13/2026

Email: [email protected]

Phone: (504) 264-2595

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AN ENGINEER, NOT A POLITICIAN FOR PUBLIC SERVICE COMMISSION

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Earlier in his career, Chris worked as a process engineer at the Shell Norco Refinery, where he evaluated energy performance and helped prioritize investments that delivered measurable efficiency and cost savings. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Louisiana.

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Earlier in his career, Chris worked as a process engineer at the Shell Norco Refinery, where he evaluated energy performance and helped prioritize investments that delivered measurable efficiency and cost savings. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering from Penn State University and is a Licensed Professional Engineer in Louisiana.

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Funded by You, Not Utility Companies

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Support an independent engineer who will put us first.

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Support an independent engineer who will put us first.

Energy, utilities, and ratepayer protection

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Require utilities to prove they actually spent maintenance money before approving rate hikes.

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Require utilities to prove they actually spent maintenance money before approving rate hikes.

Energy, utilities, and ratepayer protection

Candidate position

When a data center comes to Louisiana, it should pay 100% of its own costs: the power, the transmission lines, the water, all of it. Right now the Lightning Initiative shifts about 75% of that onto your electric bill instead of onto the out-of-state, trillion-dollar companies ordering up these expensive gas plants. Other deals have already proven these companies will pay their own way when the Commission requires it. This one doesn't. I'll fight to change that.

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When a data center comes to Louisiana, it should pay 100% of its own costs: the power, the transmission lines, the water, all of it. Right now the Lightning Initiative shifts about 75% of that onto your electric bill instead of onto the out-of-state, trillion-dollar companies ordering up these expensive gas plants. Other deals have already proven these companies will pay their own way when the Commission requires it. This one doesn't. I'll fight to change that.

Energy, utilities, and ratepayer protection

Candidate position

The Louisiana Energy Users Group, which represents Exxon, Shell, and 35,000 industrial workers, offered to add 3.5 gigawatts of power to the grid on their own dime, with a built-in study to make sure nobody else's bill got hit. In 2025 the Commission closed that docket without ever running the study. I'll reopen it. If private industry will fund cheaper power, we take it.

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The Louisiana Energy Users Group, which represents Exxon, Shell, and 35,000 industrial workers, offered to add 3.5 gigawatts of power to the grid on their own dime, with a built-in study to make sure nobody else's bill got hit. In 2025 the Commission closed that docket without ever running the study. I'll reopen it. If private industry will fund cheaper power, we take it.

Energy, water, and environment

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Ban Utility Donations to commissioners, by rule, statewide.

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Ban Utility Donations to commissioners, by rule, statewide.

Energy, utilities, and ratepayer protection

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When elected, Chris will advance three key reforms to level the playing field and bring families reliable electricity at a fair cost: require utilities to fix the grid before raising rates, ensure data centers pay 100% of the infrastructure they require, and end the pay-to-play practice of utilities funding the commissioners who regulate them.

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When elected, Chris will advance three key reforms to level the playing field and bring families reliable electricity at a fair cost: require utilities to fix the grid before raising rates, ensure data centers pay 100% of the infrastructure they require, and end the pay-to-play practice of utilities funding the commissioners who regulate them.

Energy, water, and environment

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For water utility acquisitions like Magnolia: require investors to underwrite system upgrades, not pass them onto captive customers.

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For water utility acquisitions like Magnolia: require investors to underwrite system upgrades, not pass them onto captive customers.

Energy, utilities, and ratepayer protection

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Lower bills. A more reliable grid. A commission that answers to ratepayers, not to the companies it regulates. That is what Chris is running on, and it is what the LPSC was meant to do in the first place.

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Lower bills. A more reliable grid. A commission that answers to ratepayers, not to the companies it regulates. That is what Chris is running on, and it is what the LPSC was meant to do in the first place.

Coastal protection, disaster recovery, and insurance

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Audit storm-recovery requests against pre-storm maintenance spending.

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Audit storm-recovery requests against pre-storm maintenance spending.

Energy, utilities, and ratepayer protection

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The rule itself has to change. Nobody running for the Public Service Commission should be allowed to take money from the utilities they regulate. That's the structural reform.

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The rule itself has to change. Nobody running for the Public Service Commission should be allowed to take money from the utilities they regulate. That's the structural reform.

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