October 28, 2025

Former Chairman Mark C. Christie served as a FERC commissioner from January 2021 to August 2025, the final seven months as Chairman.

Immediately before joining FERC, Christie was the Chairman of the Virginia State Corporation Commission (Virginia SCC), on which he served for nearly 17 years. He was elected to the Virginia SCC, which regulates utilities, insurance and banking, three times by the Virginia legislature on bipartisan votes.

During former Chairman Christie's service as a state regulator, he was elected president of the Organization of PJM States, Inc. (OPSI), an organization of utility regulators representing the 13 states and the District of Columbia which participate in the PJM transmission and markets organization. He served for more than a decade on the OPSI governing board. Former Chairman Christie also served as president of the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners (MACRUC), a regional chapter of the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC).

Former Chairman Christie taught regulatory law for a decade as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Virginia School of Law and constitutional law and government for 20 years in a doctoral program at Virginia Commonwealth University.

Christie received his law degree from Georgetown University and his undergraduate degree from Wake Forest University, where he graduated Magna cum Laude and earned Phi Beta Kappa honors. To help pay for college, he worked as an underground coal miner during summers.

He served as an officer in the U. S. Marine Corps. Semper fi.

Robert M. Blue is chair, president, and chief executive
officer of Dominion Energy.
Blue became chair of the Dominion Energy board of
directors in April 2021. Before becoming CEO and
president in October 2020, Blue was Dominion Energy's
executive vice president and co-chief operating officer,
and president-Dominion Energy Virginia, the company's
vertically integrated electric utility in Virginia and North
Carolina.
Blue joined Dominion Energy in 2005 and has held a
succession of services and operational executive roles
since his promotion to officer in 2007, including vice
president-State and Federal Affairs; senior vice president-Public
Policy and Corporate Communications; senior vice president
Regulation, Law, Energy Solutions, & Policy; and president-Dominion
Virginia Power.
Prior to joining Dominion Energy, Blue served as counselor to the Governor and
director of policy for Virginia Governor Mark Warner and as an attorney at Hogan &
Hartson.
Blue has been a board member of a wide range of community and industry
organizations. He currently serves as chair of the board of directors of the Institute
of Nuclear Power Operations. He also is a member of the board directors for the
Edison Electric Institute, the Nuclear Energy Institute, the AEGIS Insurance
Services, Inc., the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond, the Greater Washington
Partnership, Sports Backers, and Communities in Schools of Virginia.
Blue is a graduate of the University of Virginia and Yale Law School. He also earned
his master's degree in business administration from the University of Virginia's
Darden School of Business.

Evan A. Pierce is Vice President, Site Development for the Americas at EdgeConneX, and has more than 20 years of experience in power, energy, and data centers. He oversees the strategic development and tactical execution of EdgeConneX's Data Center Real Estate expansion across the United States, Canada, and Latin America.
Evan started his career serving nine years in the United States Navy as a Reactor Electrical Chief Petty Officer in Navy Nuclear Propulsion Program. He was previously Head of Energy and Sustainability Strategy - US & EMEA at TikTok/ByteDance, Head of Electric Vehicle Energy Management for Amazon, and managed US East Data Center Energy business development for Amazon Web Services (AWS). Evan holds an MBA from The University of Texas at Austin's McCombs School of Business.

Zach Zimmerman is the Research and Policy Manager for Grid Strategies focused on economic and regulatory analysis related to transmission and power markets. His work includes research, analysis, and policy development related to transmission planning, generation interconnection, load growth, transmission benefits, and markets for Grid Strategies clients as well as facilitating the Advancing Modern Powerlines (AMP) Coalition to support the deployment of High-Performance Conductors on the grid. He also supports the Working for Advanced Transmission Technologies (WATT) Coalition's policy and advocacy work. Zach previously worked as a Committee Legislative Assistant for the Minnesota House Energy and Climate Committee. He has a Masters of Public Policy from the UC Berkeley and a Bachelor's degree from Goshen College.

Anders T. Johnson is Director of Gas Storage Development for Kinder Morgan's Natural Gas Pipeline Group, where he leads initiatives to enhance and expand underground storage assets across the United States. With 38 years of experience spanning engineering, gas control, operations, planning, and pipeline system design, Anders is a recognized leader in the transmission and storage of natural gas.

Throughout his career, Anders has held key leadership roles including Vice President of Gas Storage Engineering, Director of Facility Planning at PG&E, and Director of Pipeline System Design for Kinder Morgan's U.S. assets. He has conducted due diligence for over $2 billion in acquisitions and divestments, and has provided technical expertise to major financial institutions, private equity firms, and regulatory bodies including FERC, where he has served as an expert witness.

A prolific innovator, Anders holds a patent for an inline electric motor-driven compressor and has published extensively on pipeline simulation, expert systems, and gas/electric integration. His work has been recognized by PSIG, which awarded him Best Paper three times for his contributions to pipeline design.

Anders has collaborated with organizations such as AGA, DOE, EDF, FERC, GMRC, INGAA, PHMSA, and the Pipeline Research Council, promoting safety, reliability, and affordability in energy infrastructure. He co-chaired the updates to API Recommended Practices 1170 and 1171 for underground gas storage and led the Pipeline Research Council's Underground Storage Committee. His recent work includes co-authoring a machine learning-based storage analysis tool with Palantir using their Foundry platform.

He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and an MBA from Rice University's Jones Graduate School of Business, and is a speaker at industry forums including AGA, DOE, FERC, Platts, PHMSA, PSIG, and Rice University.

Anders is passionate about working with multidisciplinary teams to deliver innovative, affordable solutions to meet America's evolving energy needs.

Tom Poteet is the Sr. VP of Corporate Development for Mesa Natural Gas Solutions. Tom's purview in this role includes characterizing and casting the vision for the optimal use of natural gas-powered generation, monitoring the innovation stream for future sources of site power, and developing customized rate plans and progressive field applications to meet customers' needs and financial preferences. With over 40 years in engineering, Tom's career has given him experience in electric power, telecommunications, and oil field production. Tom graduated from Oklahoma State University with a Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering.

Peter Kelly is a licensed professional engineer with over 23 years of experience in the power industry, having led the design of more than 11 GW of advanced energy projects worldwide. His expertise spans combined cycle, hydrogen generation and storage, biomass, BESS, long-duration storage, waste-to-energy, solar, and CO₂ capture. He has also overseen over $140 million in project revenue with strong margins, managing initiatives from development to start-up.

As founder of Redtree Engineering, Peter is now focused on solving one of the digital infrastructure sector's most pressing challenges: reliable and efficient power for data centers. With rising demands from AI, cloud, and high-performance computing, Redtree specializes in custom private power generation solutions, integrating on-site systems, microgrids, and storage. Their work helps data centers gain energy independence, mitigate grid instability, and meet stringent reliability and sustainability goals. Peter is actively guiding developers through a landscape where traditional grid access can't keep up with demand, emphasizing the need for behind-the-meter strategies, fast-track equipment procurement, and collaborative planning with utilities to ensure scalable, resilient power systems for the future.

Maria Faconti is a partner in the firm's Power practice group. Maria is a regulatory and administrative law attorney focusing her practice on the Texas energy markets, energy regulation, and complex energy transactions, specifically within Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT). Maria represents power marketers, generators, retail electric providers, private equity investors, developers, data centers, and other clients in a broad range of regulatory and administrative matters, navigating the regulatory aspects of participation in the regional markets. Additionally, Maria assists generators, data and crypto miners, and other industrial customers structure complex offtake arrangements, including the creation of private use networks and other behind-the-meter arrangements. Maria regularly drafts and negotiates all required agreements such as, power purchase agreements, interconnection agreements, shared facility agreements, and tolling agreements.

Marty Hopkins advises energy clients on a variety of complex regulatory, litigation, and transactional matters. Investor-owned utilities, renewable and conventional generation, energy storage systems, large flexible loads, energy technology companies, private equity investors, developers, and retail electric providers rely on Marty's expertise in state, ISO/RTO, and local regulation when developing projects, transacting, and litigating contested cases before state agencies and in state and federal court. She has significant experience with multi-state and Texas-jurisdictional transmission projects and utility rate proceedings. Marty also regularly advises clients on issues related to registration, certification, reporting, and compliance with state commissions and ISOs/RTOs, including the Electric Reliability Council of Texas.

Tad Macfarlan is partner in K&L Gates' global Environment, Land, and Natural Resources practice group. Tad's practice focuses on the environmental aspects of project development, transactional, litigation, and government enforcement matters (both civil and criminal). His clients include developers and operators of conventional and renewable energy generation projects; data centers; oil and gas production and transmission facilities; water and wastewater utilities; and financial entities holding or acquiring an interest in such facilities. Tad regularly provides advice with respect to the regulatory regimes governing air emissions (including greenhouse gases); wetland and stream protection; wastewater and stormwater discharges; water withdrawals; hazardous wastes and materials; threatened and endangered species; cultural resources and historic properties; and local land use and zoning requirements.

As a Technology Manager at Burns & McDonnell, Megan Reusser brings over 14 years of industry experience to support clients in the power and heavy industrial sectors. Her background spans various aspects of front-end project development, including process engineering, proposal management, and cost estimation. Her work focuses on technologies critical to decarbonization efforts, including green hydrogen production, carbon capture, and long-duration energy storage (LDES). She holds a B.S. in Chemical Engineering and an MBA with a concentration in Marketing and International Business from the University of Kansas.

Allan Schurr brings go-to-market expertise from over 30 years of experience in commercial and industrial energy services and innovative utility solutions. As Chief Commercial Officer at Enchanted Rock, Schurr is responsible for corporate and product marketing, direct sales, and channel sales functions. Schurr holds a Bachelor of Science in mechanical engineering from the University of California, Davis and a Master's in Business Administration from St. Mary's College in California. He is also a registered Professional Engineer in the State of California, and he is a co-inventor on seven patents related to distributed energy.

Sean Lev is a partner at HWG LLP in Washington, DC. He has more than 30 years of experience helping clients in the public, private, and non-profit sectors navigate critical issues of administrative and regulatory law. He previously served as General Counsel of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), where he oversaw all FCC litigation, provided legal advice to the Chair and Commissioners, and played a key role in the Commission's major transactions and enforcement activity. Prior to that, he served as Acting General Counsel and Deputy General Counsel for Environment and Nuclear Programs at the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE). In those roles, he advised on issues including energy efficiency standards, nuclear energy, environmental remediation, and national security, and led the Department's litigation before the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Sean received his J.D. magna cum laude from Harvard Law School, where he was a Supervising Editor of the Harvard Law Review, and his B.A., magna cum laude, from Williams College.

Ellen C. Ginsberg is senior vice president, general counsel and secretary of NEI. She has held those positions since 2005, previously serving as NEI's deputy general counsel.

Ms. Ginsberg is responsible for legal matters affecting the commercial nuclear energy industry. She directs and manages NEI's federal litigation on behalf of its members. NEI frequently participates as a party or amicus curiae in matters before the U.S. Supreme Court, federal courts of appeals, and state courts. She also represents NEI in proceedings before federal regulatory agencies, including the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) and the Department of Energy (DOE).

Under her leadership, NEI and the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) successfully argued to the D.C. Circuit that DOE's termination of the used fuel disposal program should relieve nuclear generators of the related fee. Since 2014, this action has saved electricity consumers $750 million per year in fees. Ms. Ginsberg's team recently prevailed in a contentious contract dispute over non-member access to member benefits.

Prior to joining NEI, Ms. Ginsberg practiced with the Washington, D.C., law firm of Swidler & Berlin. From 1984 to 1986, she served as a law clerk to the NRC's Atomic Safety and Licensing Board Panel (ASLBP).

Ms. Ginsberg is a 1980 magna cum laude graduate of Tufts University and was awarded a bachelor's degree with special honors in history and received her law degree from American University. She also has successfully completed the Reactor Technology Program for Utility Executives at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Recently, Ms. Ginsberg was featured in an Modern Counsel article, an online publication that shares the perspectives and experiences of highly-regarded members of the legal community.

She is a member of the New York State and District of Columbia bars.

As the Executive Vice President and General Counsel for TerraPower, Craighton Goeppele focuses on domestic and international agreements, corporate and financing matters, intellectual property, compliance, risk management and employment law. He has practiced law for over 30 years, including several years practicing in Japan and throughout Europe. He joined TerraPower in 2013 and previously served in senior inhouse legal roles at Starbucks, Nintendo, Intellectual Ventures, and ITOCHU, as well as international law firms.

Gordon Dolven leads the development of the company's data center research and thought leadership in the region and support its data center professionals in business development efforts. He also collaborates with data center research colleagues in Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific on global initiatives.

An expert on digital infrastructure, Gordon is particularly interested in how the fundamental shifts toward sustainability are reshaping the ecosystem of how connectivity works. As a public speaker, he provides critical context for both massive and subtle shifts in the commercial real estate market, and his analysis has appeared in the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, World Property Journal and more.

Mr. Dolven joins CBRE from IX Acquisition Corp., a SPAC created to acquire and partner with a global tech or tech infrastructure business, where he analyzed and evaluated hundreds of private digital infrastructure companies and published a weekly newsletter on telecommunications and macroeconomic trends. Previously, he was an associate at TowerPoint Capital, a digital infrastructure and real estate investment company, where he specialized in analyzing cell tower sites. Earlier in his career he served in investment positions at Bank of America Merrill Lynch and Janus Capital Group; he has previously held Series 6, 7, 63, and 65 licenses.

Gordon earned a bachelor's degree from Indiana University.

Lisa Youngers is an executive strategist, regulatory expert, and General Counsel with more than 20+ years of experience supporting the technology and telecommunications sectors, consulting on data centers, artificial intelligence, IP and energy. Former International General Counsel for Tata Communications, Lisa protected shareholder value through managing M&A, commercial transactions, global regulatory matters and litigation strategy. Prior to Tata Comms, Ms. Youngers was President and CEO of the Fiber Broadband Association where she drove the association's development, business, and advocacy, representing members around the world. Ms. Youngers also served as CEO of Nextlink Wireless, a 5G spectrum management firm, overseeing all business and legal aspects of the company and selling the business while securing government approvals. In other previous roles at XO Communications, MCI, and GCI Lisa served as Federal Regulatory Counsel, overseeing federal policy, compliance, and regulatory/legislative matters before the states, FCC, Congress, and all levels of the executive branch. Ms. Youngers is a former Minnesota Assistant Attorney General and counsel to the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission. A former television news producer and satellite coordinator, Ms. Youngers is a frequent presenter at industry events and has been quoted in several publications regarding regulatory and public policy matters. Ms. Youngers has served on leadership positions on several boards and was recently recognized as 2025 "Women to Watch for Boards". Ms. Youngers earned her B.A. from the University of Wisconsin and received her J.D. magna cum laude from William Mitchell College of Law. She is a member of the Minnesota and District of Columbia Bars and currently resides in suburban Washington, DC

Lori Cobos is a recognized leader in the electric power industry. Cobos has over 20 years of wide-ranging executive level experience in the regulation and development of the electric market in Texas during a time of unprecedented growth, market reform, transmission infrastructure buildout, and major weather crises. Cobos has broad, multifaceted experience with the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT), Southwest Power Pool (SPP), and Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) markets in both the public and private sector. Cobos' expertise and practice focuses on the complex intersection of the law, regulations, public policy, market rules, politics, and business development in the electric power industry.

Cobos was appointed by Governor Abbott as Commissioner at the Public Utility Commission of Texas (PUCT), where she played a central role in managing the aftermath of Winter Storm Uri in 2021. She led major statewide initiatives to fortify the reliability and resiliency of the state's electric grid, including improving grid reliability during extreme cold weather, incentivizing new dispatchable generation investment, and leading the development of a historic buildout of transmission infrastructure in the Permian Basin region and Rio Grande Valley. As Commissioner, Cobos served on the ERCOT Board of Directors and represented Texas in leadership roles in MISO, including the Organization of MISO States and Entergy Regional States Committee, and in SPP on the Regional States Committee.

Prior to serving as Commissioner, Cobos was appointed by Governor Abbott to lead the Texas Office of Public Utility Counsel (OPUC). During her tenure at OPUC, Cobos elevated the agency's profile in state government and the public by strengthening the agency's legal representation, policy advocacy, and consumer assistance. Under her leadership, OPUC successfully represented the state's residential and small commercial consumers before the PUCT, state administrative and judicial courts, and ERCOT, resulting in an agency record of nearly $1.5 billion in utility bill savings for consumers. As OPUC's Chief Executive, Cobos served as the consumer representative on the ERCOT Board of Directors and Texas Reliability Entity Board of Directors.

Earlier in her career, Cobos held several senior-level positions at the PUCT, including serving as an advisor for two PUCT Commissioners and assistant counsel to the PUCT Executive Director. Cobos also served as in-house counsel at ERCOT. In the private sector, Cobos served as a director of government and regulatory affairs for a national power generation company and as principal owner of her legal and consulting firm, representing and advising clients on legal, regulatory, public policy, legislative, and business development matters in the electric power industry, including generation developers, transmission companies, investors, and an electric cooperative.

• Bar Admission in Texas
• Served as Chair of the Public Utility Law Section of State Bar of Texas
• Texas Tech University, JD, Texas Tech Law Review.
• Sul Ross State University, M.A. in Public Administration, B.B.A. in General Business, with Magna Cum Laude honors, Distinguished Alumni Award.
• Served on Texas State Affordable Housing Corporation Board of Directors, appointed by Governor Abbott

Eric Blank was appointed Chairman of the Colorado Public Utilities Commission on December 11, 2020, by Governor Jared Polis for a four-year term effective January 12, 2021. His term expires in January of 2025.

Blank, a lawyer and economist from Boulder, has worked on electric utility and clean energy issues for over 35 years in a diverse range of entrepreneurial, business, and non-profit settings.

In 2000, Blank co-founded a pioneering national renewable energy development company, which he ran until three years ago. Blank helped commercialize first wind and then later solar technologies by building some of the earliest and largest clean energy projects outside of California. All told, he has developed 2,000 MW of operating wind and solar projects, representing $4 billion in invested capital.

Blank spent most of the 1990s leading the energy work of a non-profit environmental group, now called Western Resource Advocates. Through PUC interventions in six western states, he helped develop some of the first policies that made utility clean energy investments initially feasible and ultimately cost-effective. Prior to that, Blank was a consultant preparing utility capacity expansion and dispatch modeling studies.

Blank holds a law degree from Yale Law School and a master's in economics from the London School of Economics.