"Swett would fill the seat of term-limited FERC Chair Mark Christie if the Senate confirms the nomination."
"President Donald Trump nominated energy attorney Laura Swett to fill Chair Mark Christie’s term-limited seat on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission on Monday.
Swett will have to get through Senate confirmation to join the commission. The White House has not yet indicated who it will designate FERC chair after Christie departs.
Swett, a litigation counsel at the law firm Vinson & Elkins, previously served as an oil pipeline adviser to former FERC Chair Kevin McIntyre and Commissioner Bernard McNamee, who wrote the Heritage Foundation’s Project 2025 section on FERC.
Swett’s nomination indicates the White House will not be renominating Christie to the commission, though he could be appointed to fill another commissioner’s seat at a later point. A Republican from Virginia, Christie is considered to be one of the most experienced energy regulators in the country and was first nominated to FERC by Trump in July 2020."
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