Richard Glick is an American political aide and government official who served as Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) from January 2021 to January 2023.
[1] Glick previously served as general counsel for Democrats on the United States Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
[2][3] On January 21, 2021, he was named chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission by President Joe Biden.
The new policy "will take into account a proposed project’s effect on climate change, look at a wider set of impacts on landowners and environmental justice communities, and scrutinize the economic need for a project beyond its contracts with shippers.
[6] President Biden appointed Glick to a second term as FERC chairman, but Senator Manchin refused to hold a confirmation hearing for him, and his term expired at the end of the 117th Congress.