The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is the independent agency of the United States government 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.
Addison Mitchell McConnell III is an American politician and retired attorney who has been serving as Senate Minority Leader since 2021 and the senior United States senator from Kentucky since 1985. He previously served as minority leader from 2007 to 2015,majority leader from 2015 to 2021 and was majority whip from 2003 to 2007. McConnell has been the leader of the Senate Republican Conference since 2007 and is the longest serving Senate party leader in US history.
Norman C. Bay is an American attorney. He is the former United States Attorney for the District of New Mexico. Bay was the first Chinese-American United States Attorney. Bay is the former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He is currently a partner at the law firm of Willkie Farr &Gallagher.
Jon B. Wellinghoff is an American attorney who served as the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from 2009 to 2013. The FERC is a U.S. government agency that regulates the interstate transmission of electricity,natural gas,and oil. The FERC also reviews proposals to build liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and interstate natural gas pipelines and licenses hydropower projects.
Joseph Timothy Kelliher is an American energy executive and former chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
With the advice and consent of the United States Senate,the president of the United States appoints the members of the Supreme Court of the United States,which is the highest court of the federal judiciary of the United States. Following his victory in the 2016 presidential election,Republican Donald Trump took office as president on January 20,2017,and faced an immediate vacancy on the Supreme Court due to the February 2016 death of Associate Justice Antonin Scalia.
This is a list of political appointments of current officeholders made by the 45th president of the United States,Donald Trump.
Ricky "Rick" Allen Dearborn is an American government official and lobbyist who served as the White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Legislative,Intergovernmental Affairs and Implementation in the administration of U.S. President Donald Trump for less than a year from 2017 to 2018. Prior to this role,he was the executive director of Donald Trump's presidential transition team and served in various positions on the U.S. Senate staff.
David Longly Bernhardt is an American lawyer who served as the 53rd United States Secretary of the Interior from 2019 to 2021 in the administration of Donald Trump. He previously was a shareholder at the Colorado law firm Brownstein Hyatt Farber Schreck,where he was an oil and energy industry lobbyist and natural resources attorney. He began working for the United States Department of the Interior (DOI) in 2001,and served as the department's solicitor from 2006 to 2009 and deputy secretary from 2017 to 2019.
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.
Citizens for Responsible Energy Solutions (CRES) is a non-profit organization based in Washington,D.C. that advocates for a clean energy policy of the United States. CRES was founded in 2013 to engage Republican lawmakers in the national conversation about clean energy and promote the concept of energy policy as a nonpartisan issue.
Kevin Joseph McIntyre was an American attorney and government official who served as a member and Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). Prior to his role at FERC,he was co-leader of the global energy practice at the law firm Jones Day. At Jones Day,McIntyre's legal practice focused on compliance and enforcement,energy trading,competition issues,and energy exports.
Richard Glick is an American political aide and government official who served as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Cheryl LaFleur is an American attorney,executive,and government official who served as one of the 5 Commissioners of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from 2010 to 2019. During her tenure as a Commissioner,she served as Chairman or Acting Chairman November 25,2013 - April 14,2015 and again January 23,2017 - August 10,2017. In September 2019,she was elected to the Board of Directors of ISO New England,beginning October 1,2019.
The 2018 farm bill or Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 is an enacted United States farm bill that reauthorized $867 billion for many expenditures approved in the prior farm bill. The bill was passed by the Senate and House on December 11 and 12,2018,respectively. On December 20,2018,it was signed into law by President Donald Trump.
Maria Duaime Robinson is an American politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 6th Middlesex district from 2019 to 2022. In September 2021,she was nominated by President Joe Biden to serve as assistant secretary of energy for electricity delivery and energy reliability,but the White House withdrew her nomination on June 8,2022.
James Danly is an American attorney who was a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He was nominated by President Donald Trump in 2019 and took office on March 30,2020. He formerly served as the agency's general counsel. On November 5,2020,he was named chairman of FERC. After serving for only 77 days,Danly was demoted on January 21,2021,when President Biden named Richard Glick Chairman. He stepped down at the end of the 2023-2024 congressional session when his term expired.
Marquita Bradshaw is an American environmentalist,activist,and former political candidate. She was the Democratic nominee in the 2020 United States Senate election in Tennessee,the first African American woman to win a major political party nomination in any statewide race in Tennessee. She lost the general election to Republican Bill Hagerty. She is now the executive director of the environmental and political organization Sowing Justice.
Willie L. Phillips is an American attorney who is the chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
