Former Energy Commissioner Honorable Joins Reed Smith

By Rebecca Kern, Bloomberg BNA

Colette Honorable, who left the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission last month, has joined the global law firm Reed Smith to help start up a FERC-focused regulatory team, the firm announced today.

Honorable served as a Democratic FERC commissioner appointed by President Barack Obama from January 2015 until her term expired on June 30.

FERC is now down to one lone commissioner — Acting Chairman Cheryl LaFleur — after being without a voting quorum of three commissioners since February. Two Republican FERC nominees Neil Chatterjee and Robert Powelson were favorably reported out of the Senate committee ...