Manchin Wants to Appoint His Staffer as Next FERC Commissioner

The swamp gets swampier. U.S. Senator Joe Manchin, from West Virginia, Chairman of the powerful Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, is rumored to be pushing a staff member to fill the open Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner slot. There is an open seat for a Democrat after Manchin blocked Richard "Dick" Glick from continuing beyond the end of his second term (see Looks Like FERC’s Glick is History – Manchin Won’t Hold Hearing). The staffer Manchin wants for FERC currently works for Manchin at the Energy and Natural Resources Committee. He is "detailed" there from FERC, which means his considerable government salary is paid by FERC, yet he works for Manchin. The staffer previously worked at FERC before coming to Manchin's committee.

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