Trump nominates Bernard L. McNamee to fill vacancy at FERC
President Donald J. Trump nominated Bernard L. McNamee, who presently is director of the US Department of Energy’s Policy Office, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Oct. 3.
President Donald J. Trump nominated Bernard L. McNamee, who presently is director of the US Department of Energy’s Policy Office, to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Oct. 3. If confirmed by the US Senate, McNamee will serve the remainder of a 5-year term ending June 30, 2020. He will succeed Robert F. Powelson, who resigned in mid-August.
McNamee previously was DOE’s Deputy General Counsel for Energy Policy, and practiced energy law as a senior counselor at McGuire Woods LLP in Richmond. He also has served attorneys general in Virginia and Texas in varying capacities, and was a policy advisor and legal counsel to Virginia Gov. George Allen (R) from 1995 to 1998.
NICK SNOW covered oil and gas in Washington for more than 30 years. He worked in several capacities for The Oil Daily and was founding editor of Petroleum Finance Week before joining OGJ as its Washington correspondent in September 2005 and becoming its full-time Washington editor in October 2007. He retired from OGJ in January 2020.
