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The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has appointed a new Commissioner, Willie L. Phillips, who has been sworn in and now takes the agency to its full complement of five sitting members.

Phillips was nominated by President Joe Biden in September 2021 and confirmed by the Senate in November.

He replaces Republican Neil Chatterjee for a term expiring on June 30, 2026, and gives the left-wing Democratic Party a 3-2 FERC majority.

“He most recently serving on the Public Service Commission of the District of Columbia (DC), where he has been chairman since 2018 and a commissioner since 2014,” said FERC.

“Before being appointed to the DC commission, Phillips served as the assistant general counsel for the North American Electric Reliability Corp.,” added the statement.

“He has also worked as a private lawyer, advising clients on regulatory compliance and policy matters and assisting in litigation and administrative proceedings at both the federal and state levels,” it added.

Glick agenda

Phillips was awarded a doctorate from Howard University School of Law and a bachelor of science from the University of Montevallo in Alabama.

With Phillips officially sworn in, FERC will now move ahead and use its 3-2 majority to pursue FERC Chairman Richard Glick left-wing agenda to impose curbs on the US oil and natural gas industry.

Glick has pushed for change at the agency on a number of issues, including greenhouse-gas emission regulations and what the left-wingers call “environmental justice“ in which they take any term and add the word “justice“ to the end. This policy will allow people outside of jurisdictions to hold up projects for years.

Glick is also leading Biden Administration efforts to revise and tighten policies before according new permits for natural gas infrastructure.

The other Democratic Party-supporting commissioner is Allison Clements, while Commissioner James Danly and Commissioner Mark C. Christie were Republican appointees.