Commission Appoints Ransom E. ‘Ted’ Davis as General Counsel
December 11, 2025
Media contact: Tori Leonard | tori.leonard@maryland.gov
(BALTIMORE, MD) – The Maryland Public Service Commission announces the appointment of Ransom E. ‘Ted’ Davis as the agency’s General Counsel, succeeding Miles H. Mitchell who will retire effective January 1, 2026 and who had served in the post for the last year-and-a-half. Mr. Mitchell has been with the Commission for more than 26 years. Mr. Davis had most recently served as the Commission’s deputy general counsel and has been the Commission’s advocate at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and on matters related to the regional grid operator, PJM.
The Office of General Counsel (OGC), a team of 10 attorneys and administrative staff, provides legal advice and assistance to the Commission on questions concerning the jurisdiction, rights, duties and powers of the Commission, defends Commission orders in court, and represents the Commission in federal and state administrative proceedings.
“Ted has been part of OGC’s exemplary team for the past 14 years and we have great faith that he will build on that foundation and provide the expert legal advice that will guide us in our important work,” said Commission Chair Frederick H. Hoover. ”We are grateful to Miles for his many years of service to the Commission and to the state of Maryland,” Chair Hoover continued. “We have come to rely on his wise and steady leadership – he leaves OGC and the Commission in good hands.”
Prior to joining the Maryland Commission in 2011, Mr. Davis worked in Thompson Coburn’s Washington D.C. office and represented municipal electric utilities and state agencies in proceedings before FERC involving the rates, terms and conditions of electric service as well as the restructuring of wholesale electric markets.
Additionally, as an Assistant Attorney General for the State of Maryland, he represented the Maryland Department of Natural Resources and the Maryland Energy Administration in numerous energy and environmental proceedings.
A resident of Odenton, Mr. Davis received his law degree from Dickinson School of Law. He is a graduate of Franklin and Marshall College, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree, cum laude, in Economics and Spanish. Since 2018, he has been an adjunct professor with the University of Maryland, teaching energy law.