Darcie Houck '98 appointed to California Public Utilities Commission

Gov. Gavin Newsom has appointed Darcie Houck ’98 to the California Public Utilities Commission.

Houck has served as chief counsel for the California Energy Commission since 2019. She was an administrative law judge at the CPUC from 2016-19, a partner at Fredericks Peebles & Morgan from 2005-16 and staff counsel and policy advisor at the California Energy Commission from 2000-05.

Houck is a member of the California Indian Law Association, the California Lawyers Association and the Schwartz/Levi Inn of Court, among other organizations.

A triple Aggie, Houck holds bachelor’s and master’s degrees from UC Davis in addition to a J.D.