FERC
Mark Christie is Chair of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He is a former Chair of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, on which he served for almost seventeen years. While serving as a Virginia Commissioner, He was elected president of the Organization of PJM States (OPSI) and served for more than a decade on the OPSI governing board. He served as president of MACRUC, a regional chapter of NARUC, and also as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps.
Everyone involved in regulation of the energy and utilities industry follows what happens with FERC. So, FERC Chair Mark Christie stepping down on August 8 was big news. He had been sworn into FERC as a Commissioner on January 4, 2021 and appointed Chair on January 20 of this year.
But he was an even longer-serving regulator also having been Chair of the Virginia State Corporation Commission, on which he served for almost seventeen years. He was elected to the Virginia Commission three times by the Virginia legislature on bipartisan votes.
There is more, of course, as he was elected president of the Organization of PJM States (OPSI) when a Virginia Commissioner and served for more than a decade on the OPSI governing board. He served as MACRUC president, a regional chapter of NARUC.
Christie also served as an officer in the U.S. Marine Corps. He spoke with PUF Executive Editor Steve Mitnick the week he stepped down from FERC and reflected on his career so far.
PUF’s Steve Mitnick: You’re in your last days of service, at FERC and before that, at the Virginia State Corporation Commission. How does it feel looking back?