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Former FERC Commissioner Suedeen Kelly has joined Patton Boggs LLP, the Washington, DC-based law firm said. Kelly, who served on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during the Bush and Obama administrations (see Daily GPI, Sept. 22, 2009), joins the firm as a partner in its Washington office and will co-chair the firm’s energy industry practice. Kelly brings extensive experience in the federal government as well as in the electric and natural gas industries, the firm said.

The White House is looking at two prominent female state commissioners to succeed Commissioner Suedeen Kelly at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), according to a Washington, DC, source.

In a surprise move last Monday, FERC Commissioner Suedeen Kelly, who was nominated for a third term at the agency in March, announced that she has decided to decline the nomination (see NGI, March 23).

A Senate nomination hearing for FERC Commissioner Suedeen Kelly and former Iowa regulator John Norris is expected to be delayed until lawmakers return from their summer recess in September.

A Senate nomination hearing for FERC Commissioner Suedeen Kelly and former Iowa regulator John Norris is expected to be delayed until lawmakers return from their summer recess in September.

FERC Commissioner Suedeen Kelly last Thursday said demand for natural gas in a carbon-constrained world is likely to rise significantly due to the high costs and long lead times associated with alternative energy resources, while a producer group-commissioned study concluded that climate change legislation pending in Congress could force a reduction in gas supplies and drive up consumer prices.

FERC Commissioner Suedeen Kelly Thursday said demand for natural gas in a carbon-constrained world is likely to rise significantly due to the high costs and long lead times associated with alternative energy resources, while a producer group-commissioned study concluded that climate change legislation pending in Congress could force a reduction in gas supplies and drive up consumer prices.

FERC is likely to adopt some of the changes that the energy industry recommended recently for the agency’s enforcement program, said Commissioner Suedeen Kelly last Tuesday.

FERC is likely to adopt some of the changes that the energy industry recommended recently for the agency’s enforcement program, said Commissioner Suedeen Kelly Tuesday.