John P. Perkins III has been a top litigator at FERC since 2013. He was acting branch chief in FERC’s Office of Administrative Litigation in Washington worked closely, in a leading role, with FERC's work on rate proceedings for electric transmission projects, natural gas pipelines and oil pipelines, and other areas. He served on FERC’s Oil and Liquid Committee and authored its 2014 legal handbook on market-based rates for oil pipelines.
In other words, Perkins has close ties to and experience with FERC’s inner-workings around utilities and oil and gas projects.