Related Link: http://www.ferc.gov/about/com-mem/wellinghoff.aspWellinghoff is a commission at FERC, which oversees wholesale electric transactions and interstate electric transmission and gas transportation in the United States. He joined the commission in 2006 and was recently re-appointed to a second term.
Wellinghoff is an energy law specialist with more than 30 years experience in the field. Before joining FERC, he was in private practice and focused exclusively on renewable energy, energy efficiency and distributed generation. Wellinghoff represented an array of clients -- from federal agencies, renewable developers, and large power consumers to energy efficient product manufacturers and clean energy advocacy organizations.
Wellinghoff was the primary author of the Nevada Renewable Portfolio Standard Act and worked with clients to develop renewable portfolio standards in six other states. He served two terms as the State of Nevada's consumer advocate for customers of public utilities, representing consumers before the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada, the FERC, and in appeals before the Nevada Supreme Court. He also authored the first comprehensive state utility integrated planning statute, which has become a model for utility integrated planning processes across the country.
At FERC, he was instrumental in creating the commission's Energy Innovations Sector, which is responsible for investigating and promoting new efficient technologies and practices in the energy sectors under FERC's jurisdiction.
Wellinghoff is co-chair of the Demand Response Collaborative launched jointly by FERC and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners and is a member of NARUC's Committee on Energy Resources and the Environment. He is a member of the Advisory Committee of the Institute for Electric Efficiency and served as an advisor to the Defense Science Board's Energy Policy Task Force.
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