TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) — The commission that regulates utilities in Kansas will be getting a new member next year.

Kansas Corporation Commission Chairman Pat Apple has announced that he won't seek reappointment to another four-year term. Apple's current term expires in March.

Apple says he plans to return to a private construction business that he and his wife started in 1983. He also says early announcement will give the governor time to find a replacement before his time expires.

Republican Gov. Sam Brownback appointed Apple to the three-member commission in 2014. Fellow commissioners named him c...