Trump nominates DOE's McNamee to FERC

Utility Dive: If McNamee is seated on FERC he could give the Trump administration a more consistent ally than the independent-minded Powelson, who retired from FERC in August to lead a water company trade group.

Already, McNamee has worked on one of the White House’s most controversial proposals. Last year, he helped pitch the DOE’s Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, which would have provided cost recovery to plants with 90 days of fuel onsite, pumping the plan at regulatory conferences and defending it in front of Senate lawmakers this July.

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