More than 400 advocacy groups ask Biden to appoint environmentalist to energy commission
Source: The Hill
A coalition of more than 450 environmental groups called on President Biden to appoint one of three candidates with pro-environment track records to replace a Republican commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
In a letter to Biden, 466 groups identified three potential candidates to replace Neil Chatterjee, who was appointed by then-President Trump in 2017. Although he was named chair of FERC in both August 2017 and again in October 2018, he was removed from the chairmanship by Trump in 2020 after endorsing a carbon-pricing system. Chatterjee's term was set to expire this June.
Potential replacements floated in the letter include former Georgia Public Service Commission candidate Daniel Blackman; former Tennessee Democratic senate candidate Marquita Bradshaw; and Clean Energy for Biden national co-chair Nidi Thakar.
All three hold positions that the letter describes as "crucial" to the future of U.S. energy infrastructure, including opposition to new fossil fuel development, support of integrating renewable and decentralized energy into the grid, and a commitment to environmental and energy justice.
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