Naza Shelley

Attorney Advisor, OGC
Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia

Naza Shelley joined the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (Commission) in 2013 and currently serves as an Attorney Advisor in the Office of the General Counsel. Ms. Shelley provides legal support on matters designated by the General Counsel, with a focus on the electric industry. She has worked on several major electric cases including Pepco rate cases, the Pepco-Exelon Merger, and the DC Undergrounding Initiative proceedings. Naza has also successfully defended Commission actions before the D.C. Court of Appeals.

Naza has led the Commission's grid modernization initiative (Formal Case No. 1130, MEDSIS) since 2016, overseeing development of the MEDSIS Staff Report and Vision, coordinating the stakeholder engagement process, and serving as the liaison between the Commission and Smart Electric Power Alliance, the MEDSIS working group facilitator.

Naza is a graduate of the Howard University School of Law and the University of Virginia. Ms. Shelley is barred in DC and Maryland and as Corporate Counsel in Virginia. She lives in Ward 4.