The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the United States federal agency that regulates the transmission and wholesale sale of electricity and natural gas in interstate commerce and regulates the transportation of oil by pipeline in interstate commerce. FERC also reviews proposals to build interstate natural gas pipelines,natural gas storage projects,and liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals,in addition to licensing non-federal hydropower projects.
Duke Energy Corporation is an American electric power and natural gas holding company headquartered in Charlotte,North Carolina.
FirstEnergy Corp is an electric utility headquartered in Akron,Ohio. It was established when Ohio Edison merged with Centerior Energy in 1997. Its subsidiaries and affiliates are involved in the distribution,transmission,and generation of electricity,as well as energy management and other energy-related services. Its ten electric utility operating companies comprise one of the United States' largest investor-owned utilities,based on serving 6 million customers within a 65,000-square-mile (170,000 km2) area of Ohio,Pennsylvania,West Virginia,Virginia,Maryland,New Jersey,and New York. Its generation subsidiaries control more than 16,000 megawatts of capacity,and its distribution lines span over 194,000 miles. In 2018,FirstEnergy ranked 219 on the Fortune 500 list of the largest public corporations in the United States by revenue.
Jonathan Steven Adelstein is an American political appointee and trade association president. He was nominated to posts by Republican President George W. Bush and Democratic President Barack Obama,serving as a Commissioner of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) and Administrator of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Utilities Service.
SCANA Corporation was a regulated electric and natural gas public utility. The company was based in Cayce,South Carolina,a suburb of Columbia,South Carolina. Following the Nukegate scandal,the company's stock fell and the company was in disrepair. In January 2019,SCANA was acquired by Dominion Energy. The corporate name SCANA was not an acronym,but was taken from the letters in South Carolina.
ACN,Inc. is a North American multi-level marketing (MLM) company. It provides telecommunications,energy,merchant services and other services,depending on the country,through a network of independent sellers who also can recruit other sellers. Based in Concord,North Carolina,United States,ACN began operations in the United States in 1993. As of 2019,the company reported that it operates in twenty-seven countries.
Peter A. Bradford is a former member of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission who teaches energy policy and law at the Vermont Law School. He is the author of Fragile Structures:A Story of Oil Refineries,National Security and the Coast of Maine and has written many articles. He served on various advisory panels and expert groups relating to nuclear power. He participated in a 1968 Ralph Nader-sponsored study of the Federal Trade Commission. Bradford has a law degree from Yale Law School.
Between 2007 and 2009,13 companies applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) for construction and operating licenses to build 31 new nuclear power reactors in the United States. However,the case for widespread nuclear plant construction has been hampered due to inexpensive natural gas,slow electricity demand growth in a weak US economy,lack of financing,and safety concerns following the Fukushima nuclear disaster at a plant built in the early 1970s which occurred in 2011.
The National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) is the national association representing the state public service commissioners who regulate essential utility services,including energy,telecommunications,and water. NARUC members are responsible for assuring reliable utility service at fair,just,and reasonable rates. Founded in 1889,the Association is a resource for its members and the regulatory community,providing a venue to set and influence public policy,share best practices,and foster solutions to improve regulation.
Mignon Letitia Clyburn is an American former government official who served as a member of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2009 to 2018.
Ajit Varadaraj Pai is an American lawyer who served as chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) from 2017 to 2021. He has been a partner at the private-equity firm Searchlight Capital since April 2021.
James Eugene Rogers Jr. was an American businessman and author. He was president and CEO of Duke Energy,the largest electrical utility in the U.S.,from April,2006 until July 1,2013. He stayed on as Chairman of the Board until retiring the following December. His book,Lighting the World,which explores the issues involved in bringing electricity to over 1.2 billion people on earth who lack it,was published August 25,2015 by St. Martin's Press. The book asserts that access to electricity should be recognized as a basic human right.
Kristine L. Svinicki is an American nuclear engineer and former chairwoman of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Indranil "Neil" Chatterjee is an American lawyer,political advisor,and government official who was a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He was Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from August 10,2017 to December 7,2017,and again from October 24,2018 until he was removed from the position by President Donald Trump on November 5,2020.
Robert F. Powelson is an American nonprofit executive and former government official who currently serves as president and CEO of the National Association of Water Companies. He was a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission from 2017 until 2018. Powelson previously served as a commissioner on the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission from 2008 until 2017,and he is a past president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners.
Annie Caputo is an American political advisor and government official. She most recently served as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission a five-year term that expired on June 30,2021. She was formerly a senior policy advisor for Chairman John Barrasso (R-WY) on the United States Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Jeff Baran is an American attorney who has served as a member of the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) since October 14,2014. In September 2017,he was renominated by President Donald Trump to another five-year term on the NRC. Prior to joining the NRC,Baran served on the staff of the United States House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform and was senior counsel to the United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce,advising ranking member Henry Waxman.
Richard Glick is an American political aide and government official who served as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Jill S. Tietjen is an American electrical engineer,consultant,women's advocate,author,and speaker. She is the president and CEO of Technically Speaking,Inc.,an electric utilities consulting firm which she founded in Greenwood Village,Colorado,in 2000. She has written or co-authored ten books and more than 100 technical papers. A strong advocate for the participation of women and girls in the STEM fields,she establishes scholarships for women in engineering and technology,and nominates women for awards and halls of fame. She was inducted into the Colorado Women's Hall of Fame in 2010 and the Colorado Authors' Hall of Fame in 2019.
