WASHINGTON, July 8 — Richard Glick, who served as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, remains a Commissioner at the agency after stepping down from the top post in January 2023. His tenure at the helm, which began on January 21, 2021, placed him at the center of the strategic calculus shaping America’s electricity infrastructure. Glick’s appointment to FERC initially came in November 2017, when President Donald Trump named him as a Commissioner.
This bipartisan entry into the agency set the stage for his later elevation to Chairman under the Biden administration. The broader stakes of his leadership involved the intersection of grid reliability and the accelerating integration of renewable energy sources — a balancing act that has defined much of FERC’s recent agenda.
Orders Reshaping the Grid
As Chairman, Glick oversaw two landmark regulatory actions that signal a fundamental shift in how the nation’s electricity markets operate. FERC Order 2222, issued in September 2020, opened wholesale electricity markets to distributed energy resources, including battery storage. This order effectively allows smaller, decentralized power sources to compete alongside traditional generation, a move that strategically alters the market architecture.
The second major initiative, FERC Order 1920, came in May 2023 and reformed the framework for transmission planning and cost allocation. This order addresses what Glick has long emphasized: the need for long-term transmission planning to support the clean energy transition.
The calculus here is straightforward — without adequate transmission lines, new generation capacity cannot reach consumers, regardless of how much is built. Before his time at FERC, Glick served as General Counsel for the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources from 2013 to 2017. That role placed him inside the legislative machinery that crafts energy policy, giving him a view of both the regulatory and congressional sides of the chessboard.
Background and Education
Glick holds a J.D. from the University of Denver Sturm College of Law, earned in 1995, and a B.A. from the University of Colorado, completed in 1992. His legal training preceded a career that has consistently circled the nexus of energy law and federal policy. His continued presence as a Commissioner means his influence on the agency’s direction persists, even if he no longer holds the gavel.
The strategic implications of his remaining on the commission are significant — FERC decisions on transmission, market design, and reliability standards continue to shape the competitive landscape for power generation across the country. What this signals for the months ahead is that the regulatory momentum behind transmission reform and distributed energy resources is unlikely to stall.
Glick’s track record suggests he will continue to press for the kind of grid modernization that aligns with his stated priorities, even as the political composition of the commission shifts around him.
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