Both the recent Republican Chairman of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Joe Kelliher, and the current Democratic Chair, Jon Wellinghoff, have indicated that they believe they need stronger authority to deal with cyber threats and vulnerabilities.
Bingaman cites support from FERC chairs for stronger cyber threat authorities.
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I would certainly like to thank Senator Bingaman, who just retired just very recently, for the strong support that he has shown me over the years, and including support for this nomination.
The President, in my view, could not have chosen a better nominee for the position than Mike.
First we would want a person as Secretary of Energy who had a knowledge of science and engineering.
He has demonstrated, on numerous occasions, his ability to find solutions to very difficult problems and to find solutions that could gain the support of Democrats, Republicans and Independents alike.
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