Mark C. Christie was sworn in on 4 January 2021 as a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission during a ceremony in the chambers of the Virginia State Corporation Commission in Richmond.
Judge G. Steven Agee of the US Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit performed the swearing-in ceremony.
Commissioner Christie comes to FERC from the Virginia State Corporation Commission, having served three terms totalling almost 17 years, most recently as Chairman. He is a former President of the Organisation of PJM States, Inc. (OPSI), which is comprised of regulators representing the 13 states and the District of Columbia that form the PJM region. He also is a former president of the Mid-Atlantic Conference of Regulatory Utilities Commissioners (MACRUC).
A West Virginia native, Commissioner Christie earned Phi Beta Kappa honours upon graduating from Wake Forest University, and received his law degree from Georgetown University. He has taught regulatory law as an adjunct faculty member at the University of Virginia School of Law and constitutional law and government in a doctoral program at Virginia Commonwealth University. Commissioner Christie also served as an officer in the US Marine Corps.