Rep. Chip Brown, R-Hollinger’s Island, prepares to speak to reporters at the Alabama Statehouse on Feb. 12, 2026 at the Alabama Statehouse in Montgomery, Alabama. The Alabama House on Friday delayed a vote on a bill that would end popular elections to the Public Service Commission. (Brian Lyman/Alabama Reflector)
Sometimes I wish Alabama legislators were a little more creative. A little more inventive in the ways they sell bad legislation.
Take this abrupt push to cancel Alabama Public Service Commission elections. Rep. Chip Brown, R-Hollinger’s Island, the sponsor of the effort, said switching to an appointed board would lower Alabama’s high residential utility bills…