Bernard McNamee

Bernard L. McNamee (born 1967) is an American attorney and former government official who served as Commissioner of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from 2018 to 2020.

[3] He assisted electric and natural gas utilities in rate cases and in obtaining approvals to build generating facilities and transmission lines, as well as the development of renewable portfolio standards (RPS) and integrated resource planning (IRP).

[3] McNamee was nominated by President Donald Trump to serve as a commissioner on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), and was confirmed to the position by the United States Senate in 2018.

[3] His nomination faced criticism from his past work at the Texas Public Policy Foundation (TPPF), where he argued that fossil fuels are "key to our prosperity".

[3] In 2023, McNamee authored the chapter on the Department of Energy for the ninth edition of the Heritage Foundation's book Mandate for Leadership, which provides the policy agenda for Project 2025.