Topeka ? Michael Moffet has resigned as a commissioner on the Kansas Corporation Commission, which regulates utilities.

He cited personal reasons, according to the KCC.

Moffet, of Lawrence, was first appointed to the three-member commission in 2004 by then-Gov. Kathleen Sebelius. He was reappointed by Gov. Mark Parkinson last July. The reappointment was pending before the Senate.

Prior to serving on the KCC, Moffet had been a consultant for SBC Communications Inc.