The following list shows all of those who have served as commissioners, listed in order of appointment (approximate years of service are given in parentheses).
| Name | Years of Service |
|---|---|
| Stanley Winborne | (1933-1958)** |
| F. L. Seely | (1933-1940) |
| Frank W. Hanft | (1933-1940) |
| Fred C. Hunter | (1941-1955) |
| Robert Grady Johnson | (1941-1948) |
| Joshua S. James | (1949-1953) |
| Edward R. McMahan | (1949-1958) |
| Harry T. Westcott | (1949-1972)** |
| Sam O. Worthington | (1952-1966) |
| Ralph Moody | (1955-1957) |
| R. Lee Whitmire | (1957-1958) |
| Clarence H. Noah | (1958-1966) |
| Richard G. Long | (1958-1960) |
| Thomas R. Eller, Jr. | (1958-1968) |
| R. Brookes Peters | (1960-1966) |
| John Worth McDevitt | (1966-1973) |
| M. Alexander Biggs, Jr. | (1967-1969) |
| Clawson L. Williams, Jr. | (1967-1970) |
| Marvin R. Wooten | (1968-1976)** |
| Miles H. Rhyne | (1970-1973) |
| Hugh A. Wells | (1970-1974) |
| Ben E. Roney | (1973-1979) |
| Tenney I. Dean, Jr. | (1973-1977)** |
| George T. Clark, Jr. | (1974-1976) |
| J. Ward Purrington | (1975-1977) |
| W. Lester Teal, Jr. | (1975-1977) |
| Barbara A. Simpson | (1975-1977) |
| W. Scott Harvey | (1976-1977) |
| Dr. Robert K. Koger | (1977-1988)** |
| Dr. Leigh H. Hammond | (1977-1984) |
| Sarah Lindsay Tate | (1977-1993) |
| Dr. Robert Fischbach | (1977-1979) |
| John W. Winters | (1977-1983) |
| Edward B. Hipp | (1977-1989) |
| A. Hartwell Campbell | (1979-1986) |
| Douglas P. Leary | (1980-1984) |
| Ruth E. Cook | (1983-1991) |
| Charles E. Branford | (1984-1985) |
| Hugh A. Crigler | (1984-1985) |
| Julius A. Wright | (1985-1993) |
| Robert O. Wells | (1985-1993)** |
| William W. Redman, Jr. | (1987-1995)** |
| Charles H. Hughes | (1989-1997) |
| Laurence A. Cobb | (1989-1997) |
| Allyson K. Duncan | (1991-1998) |
| Judy F. Hunt | (1993-2001) |
| Ralph A. Hunt | (1993-2001)** |
| Dr. John E. Thomas | (1993-1994)** |
| Judge Hugh A. Wells | (1994-1996)** |
| Jo Ann Sanford | (1995-2006)** |
| William R. Pittman | (1997-2001) |
| J. Richard Conder | (1997-2005) |
| Robert V. Owens, Jr. | (1997-2010) |
| Sam J. Ervin, IV | (1999-2008)** |
| Lorinzo L. Joyner | (2001-2011)** |
| James Y. Kerr, II | (2001-2008)** |
| Michael S. Wilkins | (2002-2005) |
| Howard N. Lee | (2005-2009) |
| Dr. Robert K. Koger | (2005) |
| William Thomas Culpepper, III | (2006-2013) |
| Edward S. Finley, Jr. | (2007-2019)** |
| Bryan Beatty | (2009-2018) |
| Susan Rabon | (2009-2015) |
| ToNola D. Brown-Bland | (2009-2023) |
| Lucy T. Allen | (2010-2013) |
| Don M. Bailey | (2013-2017) |
| Jerry C. Dockham | (2013-2019) |
| James G. Patterson | (2013-2019) |
| Lyons Gray | (2016-2022) |
| Daniel G. Clodfelter | (2017-2023) |
| Charlotte Mitchell | (2018- )** |
| Kimberly Duffley | (2019- ) |
| Jeffrey Hughes | (2019- ) |
| Floyd McKissick | (2019- ) |
| Karen Kemerait | (2022- ) |
| William M. Brawley | (2023- ) |
| Tommy Tucker | (2023- ) |
**served part of Commissionership as Chair
Note: Appointments for Utilities Commissioners have never been on a calendar year basis; therefore, the years of service given in parentheses represent the (a) year in which the Commissioner was appointed, and (b) the year in which service ended.