The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee will hold a confirmation hearing Wednesday on the nomination of long-time Department of Energy hand Theodore (Ted) Garrish to become assistant secretary of energy for nuclear energy.
During the hearing at 9:30 a.m. Eastern Time, the Senate panel is expected to hear testimony from Garrish as well as three other people nominated by President Donald Trump to take key posts at DOE or the Department of Energy.
Garrish was nominated by Trump in February to lead DOE’s nuclear energy office. Garrish has held upper management positions at DOE and the private sector for more than three decades and has led the nuclear energy office previously. His prior jobs include being DOE’s general counsel and leading the department’s Office of International Affairs.
Garrish has also worked with the non-partisan United Coalition for Advanced Nuclear Power.
Other nominees expected to testify Wednesday include Leslie Beyer to be assistant secretary of the Interior, Lands and Minerals Management; Andrea Travnicek to be assistant secretary of the Interior, Water and Science; and Tristan Abbey to be administrator of the Energy Information Administration.
The hearing will be carried live on the committee’s webpage.
