The Senate voted on November 30, 2020 to confirm the nominations of Republican-pick Mark Christie and Democrat-pick Allison Clements to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).[1] Clements, who will be filling the spot left by Commissioner Cheryl LaFleur in July of 2019, will serve on the commission until 2024 and Christie, who will fill the spot left by Commissioner Bernard McNamee in June 2020, until 2025. Clements has over two decades of experience in federal energy regulation for the public and private sector. Christie has served as the chairman of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, a state regulatory agency whose authority includes utilities, since 2004. The pair was nominated by the White House in July 2020 and advanced by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources in November 2020. Their confirmation by the Senate means FERC will have a full quorum for the first time since before the departure of Commissioner Robert Powelson in 2018. The other members of FERC are Chairman James Danly (Republican), former Chairman Neil Chatterjee (Republican), and Commissioner Richard Glick (Democrat). FERC will be a majority Republican body until June 2021 when former Chairman Neil Chatterjee's term ends.

[1] https://www.ferc.gov/news-events/news/senate-votes-confirm-christie-clements-commission