There are several agencies which are Commissions., i.e., the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is headed by a five-member Commission. Each Commissioner is appointed by the President and confirmed by the Senate for a five-year term. One of the Commissioners is designated by the President to serve as the Chairman and official spokesperson of the Commission.
Each Commissioner is allotted a staff, office space, budget.
The reason for 5 is so that there can be a majority political party for voting on Nuclear issues.
Propose changing any Commission to a single Agency Head reporting directly to the President or to the Head of DOE. This would remove 4 Commissioners, their staff, infrastructure support and budgets.
Note that right now USNRC is an independent energy agency and does not report to DOE. There’s no reason for political appointments for the USNRC. US nuclear had been around since 1945. Its been 79 years. Time to let go of the political issues with nuclear.
The Federal Energy Commission is another agency which should have a single Head. It should report directly to the President or to the Head of a single energy agency.
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