President Obama plans to renominate John Norris as a Commissioner at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission to serve a full five-year term to mid-2017. In January 2010 Norris, a former Iowa regulator, joined the Commission to complete the term of former Chairman Joseph Kelliher (see NGI, Jan. 11, 2010). Norris previously was a board member and chair of the Iowa Utilities Board. The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee plans to hold a combined confirmation hearing for Norris and North Dakota regulator Tony Clark, who recently was nominated to succeed former Commissioner Marc Spitzer (see NGI, Jan. 30). Spitzer, a Republican, stepped down in December after completing a five-year term at FERC. “It would make sense to do the two FERC nominations together” in one confirmation hearing, said Bill Wicker, a spokesman for Senate Energy Committee Chairman Jeff Bingaman (D-NM). “It would be like one-stop shopping.” He further noted that there was no rush for the Senate energy panel to vote out the nominations. “The Commission has got a good working quorum…We’re not foot-dragging, but we’re not in a rush either.”
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Obama Taps Norris for a Second Term at FERC
President Obama on Friday announced his intent to renominate John Norris to remain as a commissioner at FERC and serve a full five-year term to mid-2017.
February 7, 2012
Daschle Urges White House to Renominate Massey to FERC
Senate Minority Leader Tom Daschle (D-SD) called on President Bush last Thursday to re-nominate Commissioner William Massey to a third five-year term on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
July 28, 2003