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 protected]</span></a>, CeCe Coffey, 202-502-8040,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#aac9cfc9cfc6c3cb84c9c5cccccfd3eacccfd8c984cdc5dc"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e0d0b0d0b02070f400d0108080b172e080b1c0d40090118">[email protected]</span></a>, Joseph Popely, 202-502-8513,
<a href="/cdn-cgi/l/email-protection#214b4e524451490f514e51444d5861474453420f464e57"><span class="__cf_email__" data-cfemail="6e04011d0b1e06401e011e0b02172e080b1c0d40090118">[email 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 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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