Notice2025-18684

Federal and State Current Issues Collaborative; Notice Announcing Appointees

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September 26, 2025

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[Federal Register Volume 90, Number 185 (Friday, September 26, 2025)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [<a href="http://www.gpo.gov">www.gpo.gov</a>]
[FR Doc No: 2025-18684]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD24-7-000]


Federal and State Current Issues Collaborative; Notice Announcing 
Appointees

    On March 21, 2024, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (the 
Commission or FERC) issued an order, pursuant to section 209(b) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA),\1\ establishing the Federal and State Current 
Issues Collaborative (Collaborative).\2\ The Collaborative provides a 
venue for federal and state regulators to share perspectives, increase 
understanding, and, where appropriate, identify potential solutions 
regarding challenges and coordination on matters that implicate both 
state and federal regulatory jurisdiction.\3\
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    \1\ 16 U.S.C. 824h(b).
    \2\ Fed. & State Current Issues Collaborative, 186 FERC ] 61,189 
(2024). (Establishing Order).
    \3\ Id. P 5.
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    In the Establishing Order, the Commission requested that the 
National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners (NARUC) 
nominate state commission representatives to serve on the 
Collaborative, with two state commission representatives originating 
from each NARUC region.\4\ On July 17, 2025, the Commission issued an 
order explaining that NARUC will fill state commissioner vacancies on 
the Collaborative without formal Commission appointment and that the 
Commission will issue periodic notices listing new members.\5\ Notice 
is hereby given that, on August 28, 2025, NARUC appointed the following 
state commission representatives to the Collaborative, to serve from 
August 28, 2025, through August 27, 2026: \6\
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    \4\ Id. P 6.
    \5\ Fed. & State Current Issues Collaborative, 192 FERC ] 
61,056, at P 3 (2025).
    \6\ State commission representatives serve one-year terms. See 
Establishing Order, 186 FERC ] 61,189 at P 6.

Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners 
Representatives:
    <bullet> Commissioner Kelsey Bagot, Virginia State Corporation 
Commission
    <bullet> Commissioner Kathryn Zerfuss, Pennsylvania Public Utility 
Commission
Mid-America Regulatory Conference Representatives:
    <bullet> Chair Sarah Martz, Iowa Utilities Commission
    <bullet> Commissioner Stacey Paradis, Illinois Commerce Commission
New England Conference of Public Utility Commissioners Representatives:
    <bullet> Chairman Philip L. Bartlett, Maine Public Service 
Commission
    <bullet> Commissioner Pradip Chattopadhyay, New Hampshire Public 
Utilities Commission
Southeastern Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners 
Representatives:
    <bullet> Commissioner Karen Kemerait, North Carolina Utilities 
Commission
    <bullet> Commissioner Gabriella Passidomo Smith, Florida Public 
Service Commission
Western Conference of Public Service Commissioners Representatives:
    <bullet> Vice Chair Nick Myers, Arizona Corporation Commission
    <bullet> Chair Brian Rybarik, Washington Utilities and 
Transportation Commission

    More information about the Collaborative is available here: <a href="https://www.ferc.gov/federal-state-current-issues-collaborative">https://www.ferc.gov/federal-state-current-issues-collaborative</a>.
    For questions, please contact: Robert Thormeyer, 202-502-8694, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#81f3eee3e4f3f5aff5e9eef3ece4f8e4f3c1e7e4f3e2afe6eef7"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="2d5f424f485f59035945425f404854485f6d4b485f4e034a425b">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, CeCe Coffey, 202-502-8040, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aac9cfc9cfc6c3cb84c9c5cccccfd3eacccfd8c984cdc5dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e0d0b0d0b02070f400d0108080b172e080b1c0d40090118">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, Joseph Popely, 202-502-8513, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#214b4e524451490f514e51444d5861474453420f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e04011d0b1e06401e011e0b02172e080b1c0d40090118">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>, or Kimberly Duffley, 202-898-1305, 
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#8ee5eafbe8e8e2ebf7cee0effcfbeda0e1fce9"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="7d1619081b1b1118043d131c0f081e53120f1a">[email&#160;protected]</span></a>.

    Dated: September 22, 2025.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2025-18684 Filed 9-25-25; 8:45 am]
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