President Trump elevates Christie to FERC chairman
Senate confirms two FERC nominees
President Donald Trump elevated Republican Mark Christie to chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). He replaces Democrat Willie Phillips.
Such a move is expected when a new president is of a different political party than the prior president.
Christie said his priorities include protecting consumers from excessive power costs, addressing the electricity reliability problems exacerbated by retirements of generation units, and urging states and their utility regulators to address reliability and energy-cost issues.
Christie began his term as a FERC Commissioner on Jan. 4, 2021. He was nominated by President Trump in July 2020 and confirmed by the US Senate on Nov. 30, 2020.
Cathy Landry | Washington Correspondent
Cathy Landry has worked over 20 years as a journalist, including 17 years as an energy reporter with Platts News Service (now S&P Global) in Washington and London.
She has served as a wire-service reporter, general news and sports reporter for local newspapers and a feature writer for association and company publications.
Cathy has deep public policy experience, having worked 15 years in Washington energy circles.
She earned a master’s degree in government from The Johns Hopkins University and studied newspaper journalism and psychology at Syracuse University.
