Cordova, Tammy

Commissioner
Public Utilities Commission of Nevada
United States of America

Tammy Cordova was reappointed to the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada in 2024 by Governor Joe Lombardo. She was first appointed to the Commission in 2020 by Governor Steve Sisolak.

Commissioner Cordova has three decades of experience in state government and the United States Navy. She has worked for the PUCN since 2001. Before her appointment to the Commission, Commissioner Cordova served as staff counsel of the PUCN’s Regulatory Operations Staff. Previously, she also served as assistant staff counsel and as an administrative attorney, with duties in both Northern and Southern Nevada. During her tenure at the PUCN, she has focused on a collaborative and practical approach to utility regulation. Commissioner Cordova served as an officer in the United States Navy from 1991 to 1996 and was an executive director in Europe of a branch of the Navy-Marine Corps Relief Society.

Commissioner Cordova serves as Chair of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Committee on International Relations. Commissioner Cordova is also a member of the NARUC Gas Committee, Vice-Chair of the NARUC Task Force on Natural Gas Resource Planning, and a member of the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee of the Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration in the U.S. Department of Transportation. She is a member of the Committee of State Representatives for the Western Resource Adequacy Program of the Western Power Pool.

Commissioner Cordova graduated with a Bachelor of Science in human and organizational development from Vanderbilt University and earned her Juris Doctorate from University of San Diego School of Law. Originally from Salisbury, Maryland, Commissioner Cordova lives in Las Vegas with her two adult children.