A former Federal Energy Regulatory Commission member has been chosen to lead the country’s main group representing state utility regulators.
Tony Clark will join the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners on Oct. 1, serving as executive director-elect.
He is slated to become executive director on Jan. 1, 2025, a day after the official retirement date of Greg White, the current executive director. White announced his planned retirement in April.
As a Republican commissioner at FERC from 2012 to 2016, Clark was known for being vocal about concerns related to the Clean Power Plan issued by EPA under then-President Barack Obama. After leaving the commission, Clark published a white paper warning state regulators against meddling in electricity markets by trying to pick “winners and losers” on how power is generated.
