FERC: Trump Taps Mcconnell Aide, Pa. Regulator To Serve On Commission

"President Trump last night announced his intent to nominate a top adviser to Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and a Pennsylvania regulator to be members of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Neil Chatterjee, a longtime energy aide to McConnell, and Robert Powelson, a Pennsylvania regulator who is serving this year as president of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners, will need approval from the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee before moving to the full chamber.

Chatterjee was nominated for a term expiring June 30, 2021, while Powelson's term would expire at the end of June 2020.

Absent from Trump's announcement last night was Kevin McIntyre, a co-head of the law firm Jones Day's global energy practice — rumored to be in line for a third Republican vacancy on FERC and possibly the chairmanship."

Hannah Northey reports for E&E Daily May 9, 2017.

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