A Twinkle in Trump’s Eye: A Shakeup at Alabama’s Top Utility Regulator

Inside Climate News · By Lee Hedgepeth · last updated May 29, 2025 – 1:24 PM

Public Service Commission President Twinkle Cavanaugh presided over an era of electricity rate increases. Now she’ll oversee rural development in Alabama for the Trump administration.

By Lee Hedgepeth

MONTGOMERY, Ala.—Twinkle Cavanaugh, longtime president of the state’s top utility regulator, will begin working within days for the Trump administration as the state director for rural development in Alabama.

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