Related Link: http://www.ferc.gov/about/com-mem/kelliher.aspKelliher was named chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by President Bush on July 9, 2005. While in office, Kelliher pursued a series of reforms to promote competitive power and natural gas markets, improve FERC economic regulation, and strengthen the U.S. energy infrastructure, with the objective of ensuring reliable, reasonably priced energy for U.S. consumers.
The former chairman assumed his post shortly before enactment of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. That law gave FERC its single largest grant of regulatory authority since the 1930s, assigning FERC a new mission to assure reliability of the interstate power grid and greatly expanding FERC enforcement power. Implementing the law has been one of his primary challenges.
Kelliher's career has focused on energy policy matters. He has served as senior policy advisor to the U.S. Secretary of Energy, majority counsel to the House Commerce Committee, and has held a variety of positions with private corporations, trade associations, and law firms. He earned a B.S.F.S. from Georgetown University, School of Foreign Service and graduated with a J.D. from American University Washington College of Law.
Joseph T. Kelliher has no recent responses.
