Senate Energy Committee today approved four nominees to key positions at the Department of Energy, the Department of the Interior and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.  With the committee’s approval of these Executive Branch appointments, the nominees are now eligible for consideration by the full Senate.

--Adam Sieminski to be administrator of the Energy Information Administration;

--Marcilynn Burke to be an assistant secretary of the Interior;

--Anthony Clark to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission; and

--John Norris to be a member of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

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For more information, please contact

Bill Wicker at 202.224.5243

or bill_wicker@energy.senate.gov

or Rosemarie Calabro at 202.224.5039

or rosemarie_calabro@energy.senate.gov

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