Virginia General Assembly appoints SCC commissioners without opposition
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The Virginia General Assembly filled two long-standing vacancies on the State Corporation Commission, which oversees an array of interests like utilities and insurers.
Both the 2022 and 2023 legislative sessions saw political gridlock over how the then-politically divided General Assembly should fill commissioner vacancies. Democrats opened this session in full control of both chambers after November's elections, giving them the leeway to advance their preferred nominees.
Bagot was most recently employed by Florida-based energy giant NextEra Energy. She previously worked at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission as a legal advisor to Commissioner Mark Christie, a former chairman of the State Corporation Commission. Her six-year term will commence April 1.
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