NARUC applauds nomination of Virginia commissioner to FERC

Mark Christie, commissioner of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, was nominated to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), drawing praise from the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).

“NARUC has consistently held the perspective that FERC needs the perspective and experience of state utility regulators,” NARUC President and Mississippi Commissioner Brandon Presley said. “Mark Christie has served on the Virginia State Corporation Commission since 2004, having been elected three times on a bipartisan basis by the Virginia legislature. He has long been active in NARUC and regional organizations such as our Mid-Atlantic regional organization and the Organization of PJM States. In both organizations, his peers elected him president and he served on their boards. He has also led NARUC’s training sessions for new commissioners regularly for more than a decade, which have always been well-received by new commissioners from all over the country.”

NARUC passed a resolution in 2018 urging the Trump Administration to fill open seats at FERC and other federal agencies with state regulators.

Recent NARUC commissioners who have served as FERC commissioners include Tony Clark from North Dakota, Colette Honorable from Arkansas, and Robert Powelson from Pennsylvania.

“The Virginia State Corporation now has the national distinction of having one member nominated to FERC and another member, Judge Judy Jagdmann, serving on the NARUC Executive Committee and in line to be a future NARUC president,” Presley added.