Lisankie takes Johnson’s place at RCA

Paul Lisankie replaced Mark Johnson as a commissioner at the Regulatory Commission of Alaska at the beginning of March, the commission announced March 3. Johnson had reached the end of his six-year term in office. In February Governor Palin appointed Lisankie as Johnson’s replacement.

Lisankie’s term ends on Feb. 27, 2015.

RCA said that Lisankie is an economics graduate who also holds a law degree. He served for more than 20 years in Alaska state government, as an assistant attorney general in the Department of Law and in various positions in the Department of Labor and Workforce Development.

He served on the board of directors of Chugach Electric Association, a major Anchorage power utility, from 1987 to 1989, RCA said.

—Alan Bailey