| Commissioner Jill Kringstad
Jill Kringstad was appointed to the Commission in Jan. 2025 by Governor Kelly Armstrong.
Kringstad has served as the PSC's manager of business operations since January 2019, overseeing daily business operations, managing administrative staff and assisting the executive director in overall management of the agency. A certified public accountant, Kringstad joined the PSC in 2016 as an accounting and budget specialist. She previously served as a financial services accountant and internal auditor at Basin Electric Power Cooperative in Bismarck from 2013 to 2016 and worked seasonally at Cody Oil and Gas Corp. in Bismarck for five years.
A native of Bismarck, Kringstad earned her bachelor's degree in accounting with a minor in economics from Minnesota State University Moorhead in 2012. She served as an intern for U.S. Sen. John Hoeven and U.S. Rep. Rick Berg and, in addition to her PSC and private sector experience, has completed professional coursework in rate regulation, operations and regulation of the natural gas and electricity industries, and fundamentals of utility law and regional transmission organizations. She has served as treasurer of the Bismarck Public Schools Hospitality Fund since 2015. |