Chairman Richard Glick was named by President Biden to be Chairman of the Federal Regulatory Commission on January 21, 2021 and is serving a Commission term that ends June 30, 2022.

Glick was nominated to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by President Donald J. Trump in August 2017 and confirmed by the U.S. Senate on November 2, 2017.

Before joining the Commission, he was general counsel for the Democrats on the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, serving as a senior policy advisor on numerous issues including electricity and renewable energy.

Prior to that, he was vice president of government affairs for Iberdrola’s renewable energy, electric and gas utility, and natural gas storage businesses in the United States. He ran the company’s Washington, DC, office and was responsible for developing and implementing the U.S. businesses’ federal legislative and regulatory policy advocacy strategies.

Glick previously served as a director of government affairs for PPM Energy and before that was director of government affairs for PacifiCorp. He served as a senior policy advisor to U.S. Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, and before that was legislative director and chief counsel to U.S. Senator Dale Bumpers of Arkansas. From 1988-1992 Chairman Glick was an associate with the law firm of Verner, Liipfert, Bernhard, McPherson and Hand.

He is a graduate of George Washington University and Georgetown Law. He and his wife Erin have a son.

Sworn In
November 29, 2017
Term Expires
June 30, 2022
Contact

Staff


  • Pamela Quinlan
    Senior Policy Advisor for Electric Markets and Resource Adequacy
  • Liz Salerno
    Lead, Transmission & Technology Initiatives
  • Steven Wellner
    Acting Chief of Staff
  • Seong-Kook Berry
    Technical Advisor
  • Jennifer Gordon
    Legal Advisor
  • John Miller
    Special Assistant
  • Anand Viswanathan
    Legal Advisor
  • Anne Marie Hirschberger
    Legal Advisor

This page was last updated on December 12, 2022