The two nominees tapped by President Trump in July to fill vacant FERC positions pledged to be champions for the consumer by ensuring the reliability and fair cost of energy while remaining unbiased in their decision making.

Speaking Tuesday before the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, Democratic nominee Allison Clements noted her “tremendous respect” for the Federal Regulatory Energy Commission and “its role as an independent, bipartisan commission.”

The attorney worked for a decade at the National Resources Defense Council in New York and spent years in private practice with the energy regulatory group at Troutman Sanders LLP (now Troutman Pepper). Representing large utilities shed light on the “magnitude of administrative compliance that...