Chair Jeremy McDiarmid
Jeremy McDiarmid was appointed Chair on October 20, 2025, and first started as a Commissioner on September 29, 2025.
Prior to his appointment to the DPU, McDiarmid was the Managing Director and General Counsel for the national business association Advanced Energy United. During that time, McDiarmid served on Governor Healey’s Commission on Energy Infrastructure Siting and Permitting, led multiple efforts at the intersection of clean energy and affordability, and developed policies to support advanced transmission technologies in multiple states.
Previously, McDiarmid served as Vice President for Policy & Government Affairs at the Northeast Clean Energy Council, leading efforts to develop new interconnection policies and opening market opportunities for energy companies.
McDiarmid also worked as a Senior Advisor at Acadia Center and as the Senior Director of Innovation and Industry Support at Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. Before that, McDiarmid was the Massachusetts Director at Acadia Center and worked at the Office of Consumer Affairs and Business Regulation. He is a graduate of Syracuse University and Boston College Law School.
Commissioner Elizabeth (Liz) Anderson, Esq.
Liz Anderson was appointed as a Commissioner to the Department of Public Utilities in October of 2025. Anderson was the Chief of the Energy and Ratepayer Advocacy Division (ERA) in the Office of Massachusetts Attorney General Andrea Campbell before becoming appointed to the Commission. As Division Chief, Anderson oversaw ERA’s ratepayer advocacy at the DPU, ISO-New England and New England Power Pool (NEPOOL), and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, as well as ERA’s consumer protection enforcement practice related to retail electric suppliers and solar companies. Anderson currently serves on the Executive Committee for the National Association of State Utility Consumer Advocates (NASUCA) and previously served as Vice Chair of the NASUCA Consumer Protection Committee as well as Chair of the Coordinating Committee for ISO New England’s Consumer Liaison Group.
Prior to her role in the Attorney General's Office, Anderson helped manage ERA as Deputy Chief. She also was an associate for Rich May, P.C. in the firm’s Energy, Renewables & Regulated Industries Group, and spent several years as an Assistant Attorney General and Managing Attorney in ERA advocating for consumers in a wide range of matters concerning electricity, gas, and water regulation. Anderson is a graduate of New England School of Law and received her B.A. from the University of Virginia.
Commissioner Staci Rubin, Esq., MPH, MELP
Staci Rubin was appointed as a Commissioner to the Department of Public Utilities in April 2023 marking her return to the agency.
Prior to her appointment, Rubin was the Vice President, Environmental Justice at Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) where she partnered with residents of historically marginalized communities to address challenges regarding transportation, climate justice, zero waste, and lead poisoning prevention in the six New England states. She embedded environmental justice throughout CLF’s culture and achieved victories using a community lawyering approach to improve transit operations and prevent energy and waste facilities in low-income communities and communities of color. Rubin successfully advocated for environmental justice laws in Massachusetts and Vermont.
Prior to CLF, Rubin served as Senior Counsel and Hearing Officer at the Department of Public Utilities where she specialized in distributed generation and public records matters. Preceding her role in state government, she was the Senior Attorney and Director of the Environmental Justice Legal Services program at Alternatives for Community & Environment, Inc. where she provided legal representation to resident groups and nonprofit organizations in low-income communities and communities of color regarding energy efficiency, transit fare programs, energy facility siting, community gardening, and other community-led initiatives. She has also taught Energy Law and Policy at Northeastern University School of Law.
Rubin earned a law degree from Northeastern University School of Law, a Master of Public Health degree from Tufts University School of Medicine, a Master of Environmental Law and Policy degree from Vermont Law School, and an undergraduate degree from New York University.