Richardson appoints Becenti-Aguilar to PRC
Gov. Bill Richardson has appointed Theresa Becenti-Aguilar to fill the currently vacant District 4 seat on the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission.
Ex-commissioner Carol Sloan represented District 4 until June 28, when the state Supreme Court voted to remove her because of her two felony convictions. Sloan was found guilty in April of aggravated battery and aggravated burglary for attacking a woman she believed was having an affair with her husband.
District 4 encompasses central and northwestern counties. Becenti-Aguilar will serve through December to finish out Sloan’s term on the Commission, which regulates utilities, the insurance industry and transportation.
Becenti-Aguilar won the Democratic nomination in June for the District 4 PRC seat, which is on the ballot in next November’s election.
Becenti-Aguilar has served as the Native American liaison for the PRC, where she works to assist New Mexico’s pueblos and tribes with having their concerns addressed by the Commission low fee cash advance. She also established the Tribal Working Group, which facilitates interaction among tribal leaders, PRC commissioners and the New Mexico Taxation and Revenue Department regarding telecommunication and utilities tax exemptions for American Indians.
Becenti-Aguilar was a constituent services representative for seven years under Tom Udall – former Democratic congressman and now a member of the U.S. Senate – to strengthen Udall’s relations with the tribes. She also worked for eight years as an executive assistant in the litigation division of the New Mexico Attorney General’s Office.
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