Nick Myers serves as the Vice Chairman of the Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC), the first to hold this newly established leadership position. He was elected to the Commission in 2022, bringing a background in software engineering, entrepreneurship, and regulatory advocacy following a significant dispute with a utility company. He is the first commissioner elected from Pinal County. 

 

Upon being sworn into office, Myers’ first official act was to open a docket to modernize Arizona’s rate-making process—a move that set the tone for his term. This initiative ultimately led to the Commission’s adoption of a Formula Rate Plan Policy in 2024, which streamlines the rate setting process, reduces regulatory lag, and improves transparency for the Commission, stakeholders, and customers.

 

Myers has also led efforts to strengthen Arizona’s long-term energy resilience. In early 2025, he launched formal inquiries into expanding both natural gas infrastructure and nuclear energy generation in Arizona, aimed at ensuring a stable, diversified, and reliable energy mix to support the state’s growing population and economic development.

 

A strong advocate for customers, Myers has consistently proposed and supported amendments that reduce rate increases. He has also prioritized eliminating unnecessary subsidies that increase rates, such as electric vehicle infrastructure charges from utility programs.

Another key priority for Myers since being elected has been increasing regulatory stability at the ACC. Through consistent rulings, not “changing the rules in the middle of the game,” and prioritizing ratemaking (rather than tangential policies), Myers and his fellow commissioners have significantly improved Arizona’s regulatory environment since 2023.

At the regional level, Myers plays a leading role in shaping energy market design across the Western United States. In 2024, he was elected Chairman of the Markets+ State Committee, composed of regulators from 13 Western states. In this role, he has been central to ensuring state interests are embedded in the market development, governance, and operation of Markets+, a real-time and day-ahead regional energy market operated by Southwest Power Pool, expected to go live in 2027.

 

At the national level, Myers serves in various capacities in the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC), including as Co-Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Nuclear Energy, and member of the Committee on Gas and the Committee on Critical Infrastructure.    

 

Through his work at the state, regional, and national levels, Vice Chairman Myers has established himself as a forward-thinking regulator focused on regulatory stability, affordability, grid reliability, and energy system modernization.