Cullman County Sheriff Matt Gentry, who is currently running for Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC), Place 1 recently spoke with ALPolitics.com about the race, the upcoming expansion of the PSC, growing pushback against data centers, and how he views his role in a changing PSC.
We first asked Sheriff Gentry why he decided to run for the PSC.
Gentry began by saying, “In 2024, I announced I was going to retire from law enforcement. I’ve got 27 years in law enforcement, 12 years as the Sheriff. And I had a lot of citizens come to me, and they said; well, Sheriff, for the last three decades, you’ve either been a United States Marine, a Deputy or our Sheriff, and you’ve been in public service your entire career, and we don’t want you to stop that…